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Congrats. Nice "antique" toning. As to waiting, NGC has had some of my ancients (and those owned by two others) since August 15th. So......
Same seller, same site, so I'm assuming pretty equal photo quality.
That 1811/10 overdate seems the perfect segue to slide into 1810. ... with a French 5-francs piece of Napoleon I. [ATTACH]
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I would have put them inside my pillowcase and drooled upon them. :P
I did rather jinx myself by including the nonsense bacon option in the poll, but people have come to expect that, so I was forced by tradition. ;)...
I had pretty much made up my mind to buy Coin #1, and relayed this decision to Najaf, the dealer, but he replied with this bit of info: (I had...
Post pictures! Shoot video! Hope you get to go.
@Severus Alexander's Basiliscus semissis and particularly that awesome Nero sestertius were both great buys at the price, in my opinion. I love...
At least in your part of the world, it is theoretically possible to find such things in one's garden! If I lived in Europe or the British Isles,...
That's quite an unusual surface finish on that Niue coin? Continuing the "saints or religious figures" theme, I just remembered John the Baptist...
Oh, man, I like that neo-cob, but I LOVE that Canadian owl and was unfamiliar with the type! Middle Ages: how about my so-called "Hippie Coin",...
After opening the pix in new tabs, I was able to zoom in ... a bit. Sorry, I have no definitive answer for you. Token/jeton/spiel marke/gaming...
I have no coins in this price range, according to my cost. With one $2,300 exception, all of my coins cost me less than $1,000. A few would...
Ooh... Me too! Me too! :p Yours is a tad nicer. Mine was ... free! (Thanks to @H8_modern's generosity) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I suspect it is a spiel marke token made to resemble a US half-eagle, but those pictures are way too small to tell. And I'm on my bigger monitor!...
Only one of my present ancients (shown below) cost me more than $600. Only one coin I own cost me more than $1,000. Here are the $600-1,000 ones...
Lovely bronze!
Thanks! I did this with 20 coins ("Box of 20") for the first few years. My discipline has since slipped... a little. It's a box of 20 minimum...
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