Classic Head cents are tough to find nice, anyway, so yeah, under a hundred bux, I reckon you did OK.
Where are we? 1550s? I'm in! Lithuania: silver half-grosz of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 1550; Vilnius mint [IMG]
@ZoidMeister - would you like this Hadrian as a replacement for the lost coin? I suppose I’d have to take it to the P.O. to mail with tracking,...
I like #1 for its grey coloration and contrasting patina.
The above will make a nice companion to my Vespasian. [ATTACH]
I’ve got a thing for capricorn coinage, having been born under that astrological sign, so… [ATTACH] Octavian as Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD...
In that case, let’s make this post an additional entry for @PamR, for Lot #2. (Unless she prefers the ancient in Lot #1 when she wins.)
Enter her, over on the giveaway thread!
I’ve always thought that. He will find his avatar someday.
:( That’s a $65-ish coin lost. I’ve got another denarius I can send you to make up for it, though it isn’t a Trajan. Hopefully it will cycle...
@ZoidMeister - still no news? :nailbiting:
Yes, the Venezuelan coin is a 5-Bolívares, not a 1-Bolivar. I goofed. .900 fine silver, not .835. So actually, better a thing than my initial...
Thanks. And yep, I had it as a 1-Bolivar, not a 5-Bolívares. Fixed.
And I’ve seen pics of a 1/10 ounce gold eagle someone found.
People HAVE found small gold. I’ve seen at least two credible accounts of that.
You do have a Claudius, just the much later Claudius Gothicus. :)
OK, you edited.
Yeah, but you didn't pick your prize lot.
(Old giveaway link removed) (2 coins) Venezuela: silver 5-Bolívares, 1929, & Germany (Saxony): notgeld 50 pfennig, 1921, in red Meissen porcelain...
Had me going for a few seconds, though!
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