I dunno what your angle will end up being, but I will mention that I recently started playing around with a Dansco #7172 Silver Dollar Date Set...
Those were some seriously fatigued dies! I've never seen one quite like that.
Hi, Dave (and anybody else with similar thoughts). You're in a good place here. Just express your interest on the Ancients forum here and...
Not sure what you're going to find in English beyond Krause. Perhaps @chrisild might know?
Someone ground off the reverse. This did not happen at the mint. Therefore it would be an error to suppose this was a mint error.
I'm not qualified to pass judgment on the camera or microscope doohickeys, but loupes like the one @desertgem recommended are good. I've got a...
Nice writeup! Gunning for your first Featured post, are you? ;) It's got my vote. In fact, I just "reported" you (in a good way). PS- the...
Congrats. I would of course have been clueless about the rarity of the variety. I'm glad there are specialist folk like you out there, though.
January was an active month for me, since I had a little bit of "mad money" from the sale of my love token collection. I added five to the...
All right. "Royal ladies" seems to be slowing down. I'll wrap that theme up with Queen Mary, here (shown alongside William III on this 1693...
Eudoxia [IMG]
This. I've owned two real ones, neither of the caliber of the one @Mike Margolis posted. [IMG] [IMG]
Fake. Crude Chinese counterfeits, as mentioned. See this website for more information.
Faustina senior, sestertius. [IMG]
Maria Theresia on a 1744 Hungarian coin. [IMG]
Oh, BTW, Ancient Forum peeps: I finally joined what seems to be a rather large club I've heard y'all mention. During the recent CNG auction, I...
Lucilla. [ATTACH]
Here. How about a sestertius of Roman empress Otacilia Severa: [IMG]
Still on the Queen Victoria theme, eh? Fine by me! Nice Straits 20c, @coin_nut. The perfect grey color on it more than compensates for a few...
I too have always liked the Monticello reverse on those old $2s but have seldom seen them.
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