@Devyn5150- did @TeddyGO ever appear to claim her prize? Hmm... last seen May 15th. I guess not. Registered for five days before entering, and...
Amazing! I just bought my first sceat, as it happens. https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=383486 [IMG] I had hoped to dig one while...
I didn't realize those had any silver content! Interesting how coppery that looks, while the Mexican pesos of the late 1950s had only .100 (i.e.,...
What about getting to drive the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile? To me, that would have to be a bucket-list checkmark right up there with a...
I miss those old classic CU forum emojis.
Welcome, Diane. Don't forget your prize preferences.
Nice Greek silver. Playing from the modern borders of Greece, let's go next door to Bulgaria. This hammered silver coin off my old Holey Coin...
Playing from Switzerland to Italy. Proceed from the modern borders of Italy. Roman Empire: bronze sestertius of Antoninus Pius, struck ca. 159...
Belgium. (PCGS MS65 RB) [IMG]
There is something about that design, which, though starkly modern, "speaks" to me somehow. It must be those trees. I like it.
(Edit- this discussion was later addressed in a private message, as I probably should have done from the start)
Yes! He told me the big'un was 70.1g.
Love the glossy surfaces on that one on the right.
Oh, my, that is quite handsome, and the victoriatus absolutely stunning.
That's a really nice haul. As I mentioned in our discussion on the giveaway thread, I have not yet owned any Ptolemaic coins.
Impressive.
That's quite unusual, and interesting. The sans-serif font is definitely modern, though, as mentioned.
In my limited experience as a coin dealer, I've been presented with supposed Spanish treasure cobs ("pieces of eight") which came with similar...
Mine's on an oversized flan, as it was apparently overstruck on some kind of tetradrachm with an eagle reverse. [IMG]
Brilliant!
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