Egads... OP, I am sure you couldn’t have known. You may or may not get an answer to your question. But fasten your seatbelt for a wild ride!
I was trying to think of any not covered. But I believe this has them all covered. LOL
That’s what I was thinking. I know we have some first class dealers here on CT. But not knowing what the interest is, it’s hard to offer any...
Honestly @CoinBlazer, if I were to lay out all my silver for a photo it would look very much like your examples. I been collecting fifty years and...
I used to do all that. Kept the PM charts on my desktop and constantly updated spreadsheets. After a couple of years of all that I realized I was...
I look for a porous surface. That is the easiest identifying characteristic for me. There will also be casting marks somewhere. Basically a seam...
Sweet nickel...... FYI, scratched up slabs can be dressed up nicely with headlight lens polish.
I am not going to hazard a value. I have a soft spot for these old coppers and tend to overvalue them. I like it a lot even with the scratches in...
I am not a fan of these. However the seller does call them fantasy pieces. So at least he isn't misrepresenting them... For whatever that is worth.
Thanks. That certainly makes this more plausible.
I am not an errors collector. Occasionally some of these confound me and this falls squarely into that category........ This was in my Great...
This is a series I collect. First thing I look for is if the vertical lines in III are all or nearly complete and yours appear to be. 1866 is the...
CB... Please, get what you can enjoy. PM’s are fun to play with. And if you make a buck or two while you are playing, then that’s all the better....
And it was in fact duly intended as a compliment!
I am sorry that my disease was contagious.
Yes sir.... That is enormously useful to me. I been on Google all morning studying maps of the area. Thank you for that.
Oh now... You stop that!! Medusa in a triskeles of legs?? How cool is that?
The artistry in this piece is phenomenal.
I am a die-hard US collector... But occasionally you guys will post something over here that just strikes me. It happened with my Byzantine Folles...
Thanks for the call out, LordM. I had missed this. Great write up. I could have done without the culmination of the story though!
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