What they said. It's a silver round, not a coin. Worth the spot price of an ounce of silver. (Edit- oops- the Kitco price widget I initially...
Welcome! I once had the pleasure of making it over to your side of the pond for some detecting. That was something that had been on my "bucket...
Continuing the "not struck in a collar/not perfectly round" theme, here is my latest addition to the Eclectic Box collection. Iran (Persia): gold...
I see no reason to doubt that wire money kopeck.
I also have a 1781 Spanish Mexico half-real in my detector finds album. I dug it from an old colonial-era sand roadbed, though Civil War buttons...
Well, now that's how to do it! ... I think. There is no accounting for the random number generator's taste, of course. ;)
LOL It's the random number generator you should be flattering, not me! ;)
I've got at least three for 1782. The first two I'll post may not look like much, but they make up for that in backstory. First, a 1782-A French...
Exactly. Thank you. The ghosting issue on the British penny in the OP has nothing to do with die deterioration. It's all about metal flow.
No, the ghosting carries no special premium, unless you find someone who really, really wants it. It's one of those fun added features on a coin...
Glad you finally made it over here, Terry. Unlike CU, there's a General Discussion forum for when you want to post those special non-numismatic...
@Savoyspecial is a close friend of @Aethelred and yours truly. I twisted his arm to get him over here. He does exonumia and early copper (mostly...
It's about time you got here, @Savoyspecial. Welcome. I wonder if there were any tokens issued in the timber town of Sunburst, NC? That's at...
XF to AU details, polished.
I might be wrong, but it sounds like you're describing something akin to die clashing there. Think of ghosting as being more a case of there...
Yes. This is a classic case of ghosting. It is quite common on British large pennies of George V, and, if I remember correctly, his predecessor...
That Pillar dollar looks really sharp. I already mentioned in another thread how I like the CircCam appearance of the 1789 French ecu. Cool...
As mentioned, these are environmental damage, but the dark tone on the 1989-D is neat looking. Worthless, but cool looking.
In keeping with the "Mercury" theme (and Thanksgiving, to be seasonal): This is the coin which launched my numismatic adventure. :) [IMG] On...
Thanks. You're preaching to the already-converted as far as my being a Wizard customer. Somebody - think it was them - had an aluminum 30-slab...
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