May I surmise that that "1939" on the back of my Schulman envelope is a sale date? With a 15-lire price written above? And some name I can't...
Zurqieh has a reputation for artificially applied patinas, but not fakes, to my knowledge. I bought one inexpensive coin from them (yes, sandy...
Ha! I knew that name rang a bell, for some reason! Thanks! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Crusader States (Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus): silver gros petit of...
History is certainly written by the winners (or those who get the last word, anyway). Once an era passes from living memory, all we're left with...
I've had a few of those. Hey, folks, you've gotta stick around after the contest to see if you've won, or at least check in periodically! I do...
@C-B-D- belated thanks for handling the shipping on the 1877-CC dime, and providing it in the first place.
@Devyn5150- did @TeddyGO ever appear to claim her prize? Hmm... last seen May 15th. I guess not. Registered for five days before entering, and...
Amazing! I just bought my first sceat, as it happens. https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=383486 [IMG] I had hoped to dig one while...
I didn't realize those had any silver content! Interesting how coppery that looks, while the Mexican pesos of the late 1950s had only .100 (i.e.,...
What about getting to drive the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile? To me, that would have to be a bucket-list checkmark right up there with a...
I miss those old classic CU forum emojis.
Welcome, Diane. Don't forget your prize preferences.
Nice Greek silver. Playing from the modern borders of Greece, let's go next door to Bulgaria. This hammered silver coin off my old Holey Coin...
Playing from Switzerland to Italy. Proceed from the modern borders of Italy. Roman Empire: bronze sestertius of Antoninus Pius, struck ca. 159...
Belgium. (PCGS MS65 RB) [IMG]
There is something about that design, which, though starkly modern, "speaks" to me somehow. It must be those trees. I like it.
(Edit- this discussion was later addressed in a private message, as I probably should have done from the start)
Yes! He told me the big'un was 70.1g.
Love the glossy surfaces on that one on the right.
Oh, my, that is quite handsome, and the victoriatus absolutely stunning.
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