Very handsome portrait. Cool reverse. Don't sweat the scratches. They're part of that coin's long history now, and not serious enough to be a...
I know! My tablet tried to autocorrect to ENEMAS. LOL Autocorrect will invariably choose the most disturbing similar word.
Wow, it looked like that Memmius denarius said "ENEMIES" at first glance! I've always liked that Cupid/goat type. Never had one.
ROFL I see now that Panzerman explained in seven short words what it took me several rambling paragraphs to cover. ;)
Both are correct. AU, the chemical symbol, actually has its root in "AV". Both are from the Latin aurum, I believe. The Romans did not use a...
1888 or USA [IMG] [IMG]
Well, I don't have any pictures of my non-US coins dated 1875, so here goes one from my detector finds. (@dirty_brian should appreciate that,...
That's a PCGS XF40. With the off-center error, it cost me a little less than XF40 price would've been on a normal 1829. So in other words, it's...
AV = gold.
Good idea!
Choice Mint State ancients exist, thanks to buried hoards. [IMG] [IMG]
Oh. Heck. Yeah! I really dig griffins. Always have. [IMG]
Everything Alegandron just said. :) Don't enter me- give someone else a chance- but thanks. On second thought: sure, go ahead and enter me if...
I won the Collectors Universe "Numismatic Gladiator XI" cheap coin contest with this one. We had a $25 spending limit. The category for NG11 was...
Very neat. I love the concave "dishy" appearance of the flan, too.
Interesting. (The patina, I mean, but oh man, would I love to see one of those beautiful Andean lakes like the one pictured in the OP!)
I have a bunch of those stockpiled on my DVR. Not sure if that one recorded. I think I stopped the timer after more than 20 episodes built up.
I've never had one of these. Tsk, tsk. :(
Put away thy smiting rod, @GDJMSP! No modspank necessary- this thread is Rated G! ;) I meant "Erotic" literally, as in, "this coin has a...
I haven't yet updated my "Box of 20" to include the "owl" coin here (which will become the "new oldest" in the box), but here is the lineup of my...
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