Here's the same page with yours highlighted. It bears the "S" mintmark of San Francisco (see the S below the dot to the left of the date?) The...
A surprising detector find, considering I dug it in Asheville, North Carolina. Tragically, I nicked the reverse with my dig knife when recovering...
Ugly coin for an ugly time ... but historically interesting and a pretty cool piece.
It was scrubbed a bit too hard, but the hairlines just show up more on the obverse, is all. The reverse is actually not too bad looking, with...
I agree with XF details/cleaned. It has issues, as mentioned, and I don't think it would really be worth the expense of grading, but despite the...
That one is trippy!
Just looks like a discolored coin to me?
Come to think of it, @Deacon Ray kindly created a "virtual" version for me as a surprise, a couple of years ago. :) (* Coins not to scale, and...
Oh, these are all wonderful - and I daresay many are poster- or desktop-wallpaper-worthy! I'm at a bit of a disadvantage, for obvious reasons ......
I guess Kufic is more of an archaic style of script than a language? Anyway... Turkey (Seljuks of Rûm): silver dirham of Kaykhusraw II; lion &...
Could that just be because these are (inexplicably) black-and-white photos?
Moved to Ancient Coins forum, as requested/suggested.
Brazil: copper 20-reis, 1820/9 (note the crazily prominent overdate) [IMG]
I don't see any letters there. Just some random staining that kind of looks like letters. I suspect this is a case of pareidolia. Even if those...
Keep the worn-out and interestingly-damaged stuff comin'.
Nice Hemipristis serra shark tooth fossil. I found a couple of those on my last outing. The ones we find here have darker coloration.
I think I recall seeing that photo before, but ... WOW.
"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady": Bizarre folk art carving on ca. 1811-1813 Canadian token [IMG] [IMG] Host coin: Undated (ca. 1811-1813)...
I have never seen a modern bimetallic coin so worn! That's pretty cool looking.
Around the millennium, having completed the Dansco 7070 type set, I decided to slab my collection and expand beyond the 7070 parameters into a...
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