I am delighted to have made a convert. It is the highest praise to which a dedicated numismatist can aspire, I think. Particularly to have a...
Lovely. I had a mid-1500s Francis I ecu d'or au soleil back in the late 1990s, and rather miss it a bit. You can actually see luster on your...
That shouldn't be so surprising. My collection has been so far mostly (though not exclusively) Western-oriented and admittedly a bit Eurocentric....
Japan (Meiji Era): gold Nibu-Kin (2 bu), ca. 1868-1869 PCGS XF45, cert.#29851551. KM(C) 21d, .223 gold and .777 silver, 11 x 19 mm, 3.0 g....
This turned into a great "elephant coin" thread. I have not had any on ancients, alas. Did have one of those WW2-era Belgian Congo hexagonal...
Ah, yes. I see that now. But I think you can see how my eye would take those dots to be teeth at first glance! LOL (I had wondered about...
Speaking of stupid behavior, I was once working in the yard and poured a little gasoline to help start a fire on the brush pile. Decided to test...
This! I don't think I have any obsolete critters on my coins. Maybe a mythical one or two. I did learn an interesting factoid from Scott...
I agree, except remove the "might". That's totally worth it.
Oooh... lovely! Though perhaps oddly, I find myself less interested in the elephant for once, and strangely drawn to that swirling, abstract,...
Great pickup, particularly for the price! He sure has a menacing mouthful of teeth! Looks like the "Jaws" character in that silly late-1970s...
$30-ish for the coin in the OP sounds like a very good deal to me.
Yes, Kushan gold caught my attention a few months ago, which was what made me look up the history.
Oh- one other thing (preached as much as a reminder to myself as to any of you): They have not yet invented the machine that will go out and get...
Two things I have learned about metal detecting in the last 30+ years: If you dream big and expect riches, there's a 99% chance you're gonna get...
I used a Garrett GTI-2500 in England but it died on me over there. I had a rain cover for it but must've gotten water inside the control housing...
Thank you! (I was sorta hoping to earn my first "homepage featured" thread with this. ;) Indeed. While there's no way to know for sure, I do...
Now that's great. The "swirl" effect of the photo background is cool, too. Here is my very similar Domitian from my old Twelve Caesars set (note...
Nice silvering on that, and nice photo, too.
@Eaglefawn - PM me your snailmail address and I'll make you a winner, too. (Not of a Silver Eagle, but of some other kind of pretty BU silver....
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