Neat toning. I wouldn't have guessed it for an AR at first, had I not already known better. I like the cross and miniature crosses. Didn't I...
Oh, here a couple more from my very first incarnation of the Eclectic Box in July of 2013 (I've come a long way in four and a half years!) Again,...
Most of these cost me less than 30-50 bucks. The first Seleucid a bit more. The last one in a slab cost me about 16 bucks raw, so the silly slab...
Here's my answer, which is going to sound like a cheap, flippant non-answer, but I really mean it. In this sort of material, collect what you...
OK, here's what I got. Thank you kindly, @Ancient Aussie. I gave up on any pretense of good pix. My good camera setup is put away and has...
WOW!!! @Deacon Ray went over the top! (In a good way, as usual.)
Here is what I've shown so far of my prize from @Ancient Aussie. Before the unveiling: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] During the unveiling. I got...
Yikes! Easy for you to say! Wow. :jawdrop:
Modern coins deserve respect, too. It's all good. :) Hmm... let's see ... Bohemia is largely the modern Czech Republic, I believe. And the...
Thank you, thank you for the backstory there. That's a big help.
Cellphone pix taken in daylight might look better anyway. G'night. I'll go look at some other threads, get a midnight snack, and then get back...
I literally LOL-ed at that. :p All these Siamese kitty pix. Look what's at the foot of the bed right this very moment. [ATTACH]
OK. I'll leave it at this. A sneak peek, if you will. Can't wait to see what everone else got, and hope my belatedly-launched shipment gets to...
Whaddya think, @Ancient Aussie - should I show 'em? Or keep 'em in suspense until @John Anthony officially inaugurates the games? ;)
Packing material seems to be regular old corrugated cardboard rather than wombat foreskin. Aw, gee, what a letdown. Oh, well. I suppose wombat...
I am a Creature of the Night. :vamp: Technically, I am a hotel night auditor. Normally by this time of night I'd just be getting started on my...
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All right. I'm about to go out and fetch my package and open it at the stroke of midnight. But should I wait for @John Anthony's cue before...
In perhaps 10-15 minutes I will be uploading pictures of it. I'm sure I'll like it. If I really love it, it will join the Eclectic Box, since...
From Sardinia back across to Italy, down in the "boot" at the lower part of its peninsula, we find Calabria. (And I find an excuse to post one of...
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