That's quite interesting. I dunno. Grease-filled die seems plausible enough to me? "Big fan of weird", huh? Well, there's nothing weird about...
Facebook? What's that? LOL I think I might have logged on to my FB account once in the last two years or so.
Now let's go to 1906. [IMG] [IMG]
Yes, I already posted this a page back. I had taken us back to 1907, but then somehow we jumped back forward to 1909 again, then 1908, and now...
So... according to the attribution on that ACSearch entry, this might be from Salamis in Cyprus, then? Interesting. I browsed that Wildwinds...
So... where were we? Ah, yes. Crustaceans. Sicily, Akragas: silver hemidrachm, ca. 410-406 BC Obverse- eagle right, clutching dead hare in its...
Call it what you like. It could be a lowball. Me, personally, I call those "Slick Vickies", and even had a "Slick Vickie Contest" on Collectors...
Yes. This is also good advice. Then when you've got a short list of stuff that you like, you can ask folks more specific questions about those...
Actually, that wasn't original. I borrowed the pic from somebody else's meme. The coin definitely looks like it suffered a woodpecker attack....
I dunno. They all look fantastic. Only #2 - the 1947-S quarter - looks outclassed here, in terms of eye appeal and not necessarily technical...
Great stuff. Nice "crusty" Phil-American 20c. Sure, a tad dark, but cool coin. [IMG] Always liked these Portuguese ships. [IMG] Ditto these...
Those might've just salvaged this thread. Million dollars? Nope. Gorgeous? You betcha. That first one is fantastic. The second one awesome.
Photobucket has become PhotoSuckIt. Use the Gallery here. And/or Collectivecoin.com. Or somewhere - anywhere - else. I might have paid...
As I understand it (and I'm no photographer by any means), "overexposed" refers to something that's too brightly lit, if I've got the term right.
Now it's time for the reveal. [SPOILER] And here's the "shadowbox" image, to ready the coin for inclusion in my "Eclectic Box". I'll probably...
Ditto. This. Much of the dug silver coins in my detector finds album that I found (and necessarily cleaned) 20+ years ago have that look now.
FWIW, I myself voted 53, at least on details alone, pretending I was seeing the coin for the first time and didn't know the slab grade. We don't...
I like pineapple, too, but baking it on a hot pizza is an abomination against nature. Like the TLC television channel. "What you leave behind...
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