Nice! Is that the penny or halfpenny type? Mrs. Lambe and son produced a prodigious quantity of token coinage. I believe there is one type that...
Thanks! It was too nice to pass up, especially in attractive mint-state condition. Although there are actually a surprising number of MS graded...
I have an interesting one today – a penny token minted in 1794 for M. Lambe & Son, Tea Dealers and Grocers of Bath in Somerset. [ATTACH] GREAT...
That's a cool plate! I like VOC coins. I have a few, and even more on my wish-list. Here's an early-ish duit from my collection: [ATTACH]
That's a bummer! Hope you can get your money back. I'm going to guess the fake is #4.
The surfaces and pits make me think it's a cast fake. But I could be wrong. Do you have a weight, and photos of the edge?
You are correct! And then there's the Congo Free State 5 Francs. That was an oversight - what I meant was the only crown-sized silver coin for...
Good points. I shouldn't say the CB quarter is problem free since what do I know. But it does look nice and doesn't seem to have any glaring...
I am ever so slightly leaning towards the quarter, since finding another affordable specimen will likely be much harder than finding another...
Fun place to hang out!
Sure! The first coin is an early Capped Bust quarter, and the second is a Franklin half dollar.
I don't really have a collection goal. Just whatever catches my fancy. I do like rare coins, and I'm also partial to nice colorful toning. With...
That's kinda scary. And while I feel like I have a decent eye for spotting problem ancient coins, I know very little about when it comes to...
Right now, I have my eye on two different coins from two different dealers. Both silver, and both are roughly the same price (around $250) Coin 1...
Thanks fretboard! I like that too. Very "imperial German" - much more so than most of the German coins minted for Europe at the same time.
Quite nice!
Yep, that's a no-go for me. I wonder if dipping it would help.
Wow that is a bargain!
Thanks! No, it was raw. Looks to be around VF range. I don't know if it was ever cleaned at one point, so I'm not sure if it would get a details...
I was really chuffed, as they say, to be able to acquire this special coin: an 1894 silver 2 Rupien minted for the German East Africa Company....
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