OK, let's switch to 1901 or Ceylon (Sri Lanka): This little coin was one of my best $10 purchases ever. The first set of pix here do not do it...
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OK... here we go! What have we here? [ATTACH] Ta-dahh!!! Oh wow, @H8_modern! You really shouldn't have! [ATTACH] LOL ;) OK, just kidding....
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Ah, Sweet! Plenty of silver! I love that Austrian 30-kreuzer type. Found one in a bulk lot once. Lower grade and cleaned, but so what. For...
I don't see parallel hairlines to indicate whizzing? Then again, the surface issues that are present would have pretty much the same effect on...
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WTG! The 7070 is a blast. Glad they brought 'em back. Nice work so far.
Yep- it was in the mailbox. Opening shall be posted overnight. Yesterday I had a $2300 coin showing as being delivered in the tracking info....
Oh, hey... interesting. I totally overlooked that.
Numismatic value- no, not really - not for the restrikes- though they're worth a modest premium over spot ("melt") price. I do like these. My...
Yep! Sure looks like it to me! ~90-ish% o/c plus an elliptical clip! Groovy!
I started out strongly in the "fake" camp, but the more I go back and look at this, the more I lean toward it possibly being authentic. Though I...
Don't stab your coins. Slab 'em if you like. ;) @Stork might wanna stab her smartphone right about now, though. Don'tcha just love...
Strangely, I don't physically interact with my coins very often. Once or twice a month, maybe. Sometimes less. More often, I'm looking at the...
AU, I'd say.
Very cool. To me, surprising, for an early 15th century piece. It has so much more of an "early modern" than "late medieval" appearance to it,...
Lovely.
I agree. Genuine coin, XF details. Maybe technically more like VF30-35, but but I predict they'd probably round up to "XF details" but zap it as...
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