OK, so from Iran we can go SE across the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea to India. My most recent newp for the Eclectic Box. PCGS AU58,...
Well, be sure to go enter on the giveaway thread, if you haven't already. :) (And remember there are eleven other prizes from eleven other donors!)
Big day in our household today. That last picture in the sequence was just taken. C'mon, you'd rather see this than some picture of me, right?...
Turkey, gold zeri mahbub of Sultan Selim III, AH 1203, regnal year 4 (ca. 1793-1794 AD)[IMG]
French jetons can be stunning, and that piece with the lion is no exception! Here are two silver ones I've had; the first one now a "bygone", and...
I think that kraft paper envelope might have exactly that effect over time. I wonder about that, anyway. Maybe it'll give the silver some nice...
This cool medal from Ukraine could be yours for free if you win Prize #1 in this month's giveaway. Prize #1 is a "pick your own" option,...
Nothing happened to the hat. It is in the closet still, as photographed today. The Great Recession happened to the coins on it, however. You...
Yes. The road less traveled.
Still have the formerly famous (but now-empty) Holey Coin Hat, though. It sits in its box on the closet shelf... patiently awaiting a new...
Oh, you shoulda seen it in hand... :greedy:
Your mental picture is accurate, just 15 years outta date. ;) 2004: [IMG] [IMG] [ATTACH]
I used to own this beastie back in '02-'03-ish. It is one of my many "seller's remorse" coins, and in fact one of the top five US coins I have...
Funny how internet friends almost never look the way I pictured them. Aside from a majority being white males, I guess. Not even my assumptions...
1575 English sixpence of Elizabeth I. (PCGS anachronistically put "Great Britain" on the holder, though there would be no such combined nation...
Oh, and small marks notwithstanding, I think it is a very handsome coin. Peace dollars are one series where I like 'em white.
Well, I'm with three other people in the majority as of this post. We have all four voted MS64 so far.
"Uncirculated" is something of a misnomer. It merely means a coin with no wear. Plenty of Uncirculated coins technically did circulate- they...
If you enter this month's giveaway, and happen to win Prize #1 (the "pick your own" prize" lot), I have a free 1865 for you. [IMG] [IMG]
Though of course well-worn, I think (despite the small hit inside the shield) that is a handsome circulated example for the grade, and a good...
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