Chopmarks are countermarks administered with very small dies by hammering the merchant's mark into the coin. The types of chopmarks vary from...
From today's Guardian:...
This very dark salvaged cob came to me by that vast market for coins, the wild west so to speak, eBay, last month. As these coins go it is pretty...
The metal that was used in Rome in imperial times was orichalcum, what we call brass, which is composed of a combination of copper and zinc....
I really like the depiction of Asclepius on the reverse, and the portrait of Caracalla, in what appears to be in one of his more mellow moods, is...
I wouldn't go much further cleaning this coin. Additional cleaning would eliminate more of the dark deposit, but it will also reduce contrast....
Your coin is the same Gilboy type as mine, M-8-39. He lists varieties for this date, including the presence of an arch under the crown above the...
Unfortunately the reference book on pillar coinage by Frank F. Gilboy was a limited edition of 500, printed in 1999 in Canada. I don't know of...
That a very nice coin! In Gilboy, your coin is M-8-46.
That's a nice pillar 8! The large clear chopmark gives the coin added character. I'm not really sure that there's an overdate. The reason is...
Oops! You're right. I need to pay more attention to these legends!
For all of the wealth that was flowing into Spain from her colonial mints, that wealth was not well spent, in terms of developing the Spanish...
Nice coins! The As has a lovely patina. This is my only example. Hadrian, AE As, 125-128 AD, Lyre reverse. RIC II 688 Rome 9.00 grams [ATTACH]
A nice one, Bing. Here's a new acquisition. Claudius II Gothicus, silvered antoninianus, 268-270 AD, Rome. RIC 54 2.65 grams Obverse: IMP...
This thread has been stalled for several days. Unfortunately I don't have a pig, at least on a coin. How about a coin with a mythical creature...
Nice coin - very well centered. I only have one coin with Helios as the main subject, a tetradrachm of Rhodes, circa 229-205 BC, Ameinias,...
The value of a cob is determined very much in the way and ancient coin is valued. As hammer struck coins each coin is unique. Unlike machine...
I'm very sorry. These copies of this coin have been around for decades. I've even seen one or two show up at my local coin shop in San Jose over...
I agree that the assayer for your coin is Q. I wouldn't go through the time and expense of having the coin graded and slabbed. The weight is...
That second cob looks like it is from Spain, probably Seville, judging from the style. The first cob is a very well made cast, created in Mexico...
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