@AncientJoe - see, when your coins are nice enough, you don’t need to brag. Others will do it for you! ;)
It's a dream coin as far as I'm concerned. Is it also a Boscoreale? The toning seems to indicate that to me.
That Washington Statehood quarter appears to be a dryer coin. Edit- oops- that was already mentioned.
I got one of those from you. PCGS graded it MS66. It has since gone on to someone else (@Stork, if I remember correctly), but I enjoyed having...
I don't carry pocket pieces, usually, as I would only lose them. In the past, however, I was known for wearing coins upon my person...
I love those Axumites with the gold/bronze combo.
Just wandered away from the forums, I guess.
Giveaway #44 has come and gone, and was the fastest LordM giveaway yet, at all of 18 minutes long. I wanted to try a "speed round" (instant...
Yikes- what a clownish portrait on that! Still a neat item, though.
I see some greenish patina but it fortunately does not look like the bronze disease that killed two of my Caligulas. I think it's probably OK,...
Welcome. I'm just packaging up your 1913 Buffalo nickel, as it happens. Good to see you over here.
@Penny Luster wins the instant giveaway! :) This was the first time I've done one like this. Might do more later, for small prizes.
I have a couple sets of my 2019 custom elongated coins that were sealed in stamped envelopes, all ready to go, but the folks who won them in past...
I played with coins in school, but lived in Florida, so Ponce de Leon was a familiar name. I'm a "Floridiot" by birth. My mother lives in...
Between Blakesley effect and anvil effect? Actually, I didn't. I really am not an error/variety guy!
OK, I stand corrected there. I misspoke because I'm not an error and variety guy. Sorry. But I was right about the DEFDAM part. ;)
It appears to be a bona fide ancient coin, but in really, really rough shape.
You are thinking of the Blakesley Effect. But the flattening on your coin is caused by wear. It saw some circulation after the notch was cut in...
That's an old notch someone put in the coin, plain and simple. Post-mint damage. I couldn't tell you what caused it without going back in a time...
Definitely post-mint damage. That one's seen better days.
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