Is it silver? From the style of it, I can pretty confidently say that it's of late 20th-century manufacture, not "1889". That's the date of...
I like the dancing bear with the key.
Yes, Charles III was king of Spain in 1781. Not that the Chinese counterfeiters or whoever else made this knew that, or cared. It was probably...
Yes. A fake Spanish (but not Mexico) 8-reales.
How 'bout one from each category? Ancient [IMG] World [IMG] US [IMG] Exonumia [IMG]
(This thread may be slightly off-topic initially, but should become coin-related fairly soon.) Other people have posted "unboxing" threads like...
My wife and daughter are polite but bored when I show them ancient coins. I am polite but bored when they show me new shoes or clothes.
OK. That shut me up. LOL
Yay! That parody FINALLY GOT AN LOL! LOL
My point exactly. Nice coin jewelry, but poor coin choice.
Yeah. You didn't need to redact it. What's done is done. Still a nice lookin' ring.
HB2U, Bing! I thought you looked pretty good for a dead guy. Should've known you were still goin' strong, since I hear you every year around...
LOL! We beleaguered, outnumbered slabophiles certainly are an unrepentant and stubborn lot, aren't we? Great analogy. Me: "Look, I know this...
OK. I do collect hobo carvings and love tokens and other "creatively damaged" coins, so perhaps my knee-jerk reaction was a bit ironic. If you...
I will concede one other point to the opposition. NGC's white "prongs" also interfere terribly with getting good photos of a coin after it has...
You weren't kidding? You really cut a Caligula AE into a rectangle to mount it into a modern ring? Sorry, but that is indeed murder, in the...
I don't collect rings.
Please, oh please tell me you're kidding, and that you cut down a repro Caligula. If you're going to destroy an ancient Roman bronze to make a...
This was my impression as well. Certainly more deceptive than your run of the mill "tourist fake", but still looks "off" to me.
Boy, i sure hope it's fake and you didn't cut down a Caligula AE to make that! If it's real, I'm gonna go throw up. If it's a replica, I'll say...
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