Igpay Atinlay was all I learned in school. :oops: Every single bit of Latin I know came from coins. Thanks for all the education, little buddies.
Liberate it! I might entomb mine, but that's mostly just for "Box of 20" consistency purposes. If I collected only ancients, mine would be...
Oh. Wow! Consider me impressed! Don't have pics of my old Galba LIBERTAS sestertius, so this modest (Spanish mint?) As will have to do. [IMG]...
I thought it might be. I say again, "interesting!" But that's all I can contribute, aside from the vague notion it's a planchet flaw of some...
Aha! There we go!
Interesting! Planchet flaw of some kind? Certainly looks to have preexisted the strike. Is the "bubble" raised or concave? I'm not on the...
I wondered. LOOKS LI Looks like I hit CAPS LOCK by mistake. LOL Where was I? Oh, yeah. Looks like the best kind of "cleaned" coin. Cracked...
You posted that question twice. Sounds to me like... Oh! Thanks for volunteering! Here's the pooper-scooper. Sorry, no gloves, but here's a...
Proofs! Oh, yeah! Someone here needs to go cherrypick that PR69 DCAM Izzie quarter, even if it costs their entire five bucks!
Looks like a regular dime with spots to me ;) Nice photo, though. You can post full size instead of thumbnail. Welcome!
PS- I briefly owned a nice Seleucid tetradrachm that looked similar to your avatar, but @Aethelred twisted my arm really hard and made me sell it...
Hey, that's really nice looking! I like it... a lot. Are we being secretive about the grade? Is this a "GTG" thread? ;)
Almost certainly all of the above, with religion likely the biggest factor. Say and believe what you like about the man; his historical legacy...
Ditto. I'd become his galley slave for that thing. (Well, for a day or two, anyway.) ;)
Don't worry. I read somewhere that you vampires are immune to tasers. Won't hurt a bit. Hmm. Then again, we are talking about a 19th century...
France or 1848, next. This: a 10-centime essai. [IMG] PCGS SP65 RB, cert.#33997478. Pop. 1 in all grades at PCGS. [IMG]
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Verily, thou art a wizard.
[IMG] Huh. Yeah. I wish. ;) Image source
What a terrific medal! It'll be a while before I run out of 1901 British coins. Be warned. ;) [IMG]
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