Nice big Belgian lion, @spirityoda! Maybe the nicest I've seen, in fact. Isn't that one of the earliest dates?
I believe that photograph is of an Oreo cookie. Then again, I could be mistaken. It could be a Hydrox. ;)
Thanks. Not BIG big, but beautiful, anyway. :)
These are currently my biggish copper pieces (or orichalcum/brass, in the case of the Roman), but they're not in the same class as your big 'uns,...
@laurentyvan- Good, 'cause you've got a few more comin' your way soon. ;) Nothing that big, mind you- just some Frenchie stuff. Maybe some...
These forums are certainly broadening my already-broad numismatic horizons.
Yep. I do like the "cane topper" theory, though of course I do not know for sure. If not that, then certainly something like that, I would...
Depends on how one defines "style", I suppose. Similar to the basic design of an actual coin? Maybe. I dunno. But not THAT close, when you get...
And this has nothing at all to do with the fact that those are NOT ancient coins, nor even coins at all.
I dunno about $325 for that. I certainly wouldn't have paid that. But that isn't to say that somebody else wouldn't. It's neat. But $325 would...
While authentic ancient Greek coins did have particularly high reliefs, this was my thinking all along, once I was able to see the larger photos....
... and I share your enthusiasm for the Draped Bust design. I'd like to find another DB half for my Box of 20 before too long.
Yes, I think a 1798 cent is your candidate.
Very cool, and very exotic! I had never heard of the Chagatayid dynasty. Nice patina on that one, too. I was unfamiliar with all of these types...
Guess what? In 2012, that very same archaeologist found out that it WAS true! The long-forgotten Wright Square colonial cemetery was...
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