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PS- WOW.
That Diocletian aureus never fails to blow my mind every time I see it. I put it up there with @AncientJoe's beautifully toned Vespasian aureus...
Tanzania. (I'm sure I've posted it before, but oh well.) [IMG][IMG]
Also, these old Latin names for metals give some their chemical symbols on the Periodic Table of Elements: Ag for silver (argentum), Au for gold...
"Æ" is shorthand for bronze, but i believe it can also be used for copper or other base metal. AR is silver and AV is gold. These abbreviations...
I order stuff from overseas all the time, with few to no problems more than 99% of the time. Just in the last six months or so did I start...
My sincere apologies. I had a hard time remembering folks who'd previously said "if you ever want to sell that, let me know". And then when I did...
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I have, a few times.
I will miss that coin but am glad it has gone to a happy home.
I bought a crown (that Charles II previously mentioned.) Don't recall selling one in my recent selloff. I haven't owned an actual British crown...
While I do not know specifically, I'm nearly certain they're fine. They are, after all, made with coins in mind.
Egypt: silver 2 piastres of King Farouk, AH 1356 (1937) [IMG] PCGS MS62; population 6 with 9 higher as of3/27/2019.
I didn't think to try that. It only dawned on me last night. I figured they'd slip out.
I wouldn't mind living your definition of "broke".
Uh-oh. Well, if the worst comes to pass, I've got the original Lighthouse pages that came with the albums.
Crown-sized silver coins are hard to beat, and very popular for very good reasons. I'm tickled pink with my newp.
This. Eye appeal always trumps technical grade, to my way of thinking. I'd rather have a handsome VF35 coin with pizzazz than an ugly AU50 or...
This can be done for my presently small collection (which is at 49 pieces as of the last update). But yeah, if you have thousands of coins, it...
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