If CNG says it's from the hoard, that's good enough for me. I don't know what kind of documentation will come with it, beyond the invoice.
@pirgah - sorry, you just tried to enter after this had already closed. But stay tuned- I'll get February's giveaway up and running in the next...
I agree!
That Hong Kong 50c is very handsome! Ditto that 1840 rupee! Both with the look I like in circulated silver! (Note my Cyprus 18P above, which,...
I wanna go! Take a big steamer trunk with airholes in it, and leave plenty of extra room inside. Pack some food and water and an empty bottle in...
Ooh! A legionary denarius! I just bid on one of those mere seconds ago!
Cule curools. Um... cool curules! :) I might only have seven ancients in my collection, but I've got that theme covered! But... no wreath. [IMG]
Yes. Was still editing. Sorry. Labeled now. Indeed, he does look like he is wearing hair rollers there! Is a wee bit bugeyed, too- at least...
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One's a newp and one's a bygone. Both ex-CNG. Both with pedigrees from 1970. Both VF (per CNG) and toned. The first is much more sharply...
As I discovered when doing the 1901 type set, there was a surprising variety in her portraiture across the empire in just that one year, her last....
Post #100, and it is time to announce our winners! [ATTACH] @Nas won the silver Armenian coin, put up by me, @lordmarcovan, since the random...
Generally speaking, yes. But not always. ;)
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Wow! That's awesome. Win-win.
There's just something about that "magic moment of discovery", whether it's done in a muddy field ... or on your kitchen table ... or wherever....
I had one of those, too. Cyprus Vickies can be tough to find, especially decent ones. I'd call this NGC XF40 example just acceptable. Not...
That's a nice little Philippine coin. I like those.
Both of the coins below came out of a large bulk lot, which contains thousands more. These Portuguese copper-nickel coins from the early 1900s...
German States (Nurnberg): silver 1/8 thaler klippe of Ferdinand III, Peace of Westphalia commemorative, 1650 [IMG] (Presently raw- this is a...
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