Great idea! :hilarious:
I voted 8 myself.
Unusual ancient Chinese coins. (I'm sure someone else can provide a better link.)
Tantalizing, ain't it? @Neal was having a bit of fun, @NLL. Ancient coin humor. That reference to a "trachy" regards a cup-shaped, convex...
My relic buddies hunt some interesting sites. Some of these reales came up on the same site as that pistol pommel, I think. 1803 Mexico City...
I don't recall, but it might have been .58 caliber or so (circa mid-19th century, I'd guess). Don't think it was .69 or .75 like some of the...
I had joined in 2007, posted perhaps 10 times or so, and must have wandered off back to the PCGS/Collectors Universe boards, apparently forgetting...
That's the understatement of the week. :hilarious:
Thanks for posting those. The variations are interesting.
Mos' def' a focus fail on my part with that second picture!
Maybe when you grow up, you can become this guy. ;)
And a Wildman issued in the name of the very same George III who was the unwilling addressee of our Declaration of Independence!
The mystery of @coin_nut's (Hamburg?) coin is gonna nag at me. I'll have to continue trying to solve it. Y'know, being that small and possibly...
Mea culpa - shamelessly bumping this back into the sunlight just this once, since it didn't get seem to get seen much, and I had just come back...
Thanks, WB2! Say, since you're here, why not repost that Antoninus Plus aureus? :)
There might be a (South) Vietnamese 10-dong in my bulk stuff. I'll take a look later.
You go, Mister Metzger. You already know I like your Elizabethan newp. (I lost the auction on my intended one.) One thing: "8th Century BC...
I'm a 1965 model myself, but not in very good grade. Somewhat worn, so probably only worth face value. I dunno. You'd have to ask...
My initial post read simply, "25 cents", because in literal fact, that's what practically every 1965 quarter (of unspecified grade) IS worth,...
@coin_nut- Look at this old seal from Hamburg ... [ATTACH]
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