PS- as you have now discovered (and obviously already knew, thanks to your victory in the Numismatic Gladiator X "cheap coin competition"),...
I am delighted to have made a convert. It is the highest praise to which a dedicated numismatist can aspire, I think. Particularly to have a...
Lovely. I had a mid-1500s Francis I ecu d'or au soleil back in the late 1990s, and rather miss it a bit. You can actually see luster on your...
That shouldn't be so surprising. My collection has been so far mostly (though not exclusively) Western-oriented and admittedly a bit Eurocentric....
Japan (Meiji Era): gold Nibu-Kin (2 bu), ca. 1868-1869 PCGS XF45, cert.#29851551. KM(C) 21d, .223 gold and .777 silver, 11 x 19 mm, 3.0 g....
This turned into a great "elephant coin" thread. I have not had any on ancients, alas. Did have one of those WW2-era Belgian Congo hexagonal...
Ah, yes. I see that now. But I think you can see how my eye would take those dots to be teeth at first glance! LOL (I had wondered about...
Speaking of stupid behavior, I was once working in the yard and poured a little gasoline to help start a fire on the brush pile. Decided to test...
This! I don't think I have any obsolete critters on my coins. Maybe a mythical one or two. I did learn an interesting factoid from Scott...
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