WHY? I thought they were interesting! And, as @Loong Siew tied in some coin-related stuff, they were topical! When I said it was a...
Well, now, that little digression into swords certainly turned fascinating!
World coin charms were quite popular in the 1950s. You see a lot of that, but it's usually charm bracelets. Sometimes the coins are even fake,...
I agree, five hundred percent. Why'd you only post one side of it? ;) The CircCam contrast makes that one "pop", for sure. Think of how flat...
OK, so yeah, the islands here are kinda upscale. (I work on St. Simons Island, GA for an upscale resort). But I live on the mainland, way out in...
Let's bump this thread back up into the daylight, shall we? That very fondly reminds me of my first Shield nickel I got when I was a kid: an 1866...
Ha! You're such an amateur! I had a quintuple post just recently! Now go practice some more until you can at least do a quadruple! I mean,...
@TIF W...o...w.
My second coin in the detector finds album. 1956 WASHINGTON QUARTER A high grade example with cartwheel luster. Date Found: Fall, 1992 Site:...
Metal detect in Sicily, and get caught by the wrong guys, and you'll "buy the farm", all right! But at least you'll have the consolation of...
In Sicily? No thanks. Ain't that where Vito Corleone came from? They'd probably shoot first and ask questions later. ;) (Yes, I know Vito...
Indeed. Has that whole "Viking age" mystique. That one is quite obviously a hoard coin but unfortunately the specific provenance of the source...
Wow! I like that one as much as the Akragas AR I posted! That one is sharp! I love the Akragas "crabby coins" but can't afford one of their...
Also a brand new purchase, from right here on CT via @jwitten, whose taste for toned gold I share and appreciate. I had a PCGS XF45 a while back....
Thank you! That's a pretty fresh newp, from just the last few weeks. I've wanted a cityview for a while. The lion was just icing on the cake,...
Exactly.
Yep. That reeding mark could've happened in the bag at the mint. The coin could've still been in the building, but once it left the machine that...
I've long loved both of those types. Got one of those 100-mon pieces in a mixed World bulk lot, once. For such a coin to be in that lot and sold...
You could certainly do worse for <$500 with an electrum hekte. They're extremely tiny, of course, but cute little things. I just bought my...
This has multiple critters (and acts of predation) on both sides. I paid $100-and-something for this coin, as I recall, so with a $500 budget,...
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