I’m catching up on the new additions to the giveaway store now, so there’s lots of new goodies to pick from. I’m not entirely done yet, though....
Giveaway Lot #260909-01 (LOT: 46 coins) United States: bronze Lincoln Wheat cents, Red Brilliant Uncirculated (1955-D, 1956-D, 1957, 1957-D)...
Interesting. Because yeah, I was gonna say it looked like that cent in the OP got chromed. I've seen a fair number of 1950s coins (both US and...
Ahh, wait'll you get older. The details on a dime get even harder to see. ;) Small wonder silver dollars and World crowns are popular.
And with a wonderful dragon (or basilisk?) on the opposite side, too!
Thanks for the final update. I'll lock this thread down now. See y'all in the chat section of Giveaway 152. Get out your popcorn... will...
It does indeed have some contrast there, so yes, I reckon you could call it a CircCam, though perhaps not a full-on "black-and-white" CircCam.
Woohoo! Nailed it, for once! :)
I have a son in Chicago. I’ve only been to that part of the country once: in 1982.
These medieval letter forms were indeed ridiculously blocky and are notoriously hard to read. But yep, those letters do say something: ✠...
PS- It must be really something to visit the HJB shop in person, I can only imagine.
Giveaway Lot #260908-01 India (Vijayanagara Empire): ca. 1336-1646 gold bele (1/10 fanam) "World's Smallest Gold Coin", ICG certified [ATTACH]...
Sorry, these were the best I could do. Good luck in your quest for info. [IMG] [IMG] Oh, wait. I can do Augustus. But not dual-dated. [IMG]
I'd say XF40 details, cleaned. Regardless, that's a pretty nice melt bucket save.
I was going to say AU58 details, cleaned.
Here's what the Google Gemini AI bot had to say on the matter: "This piece is a German commemorative medal from 1895, struck to celebrate the...
That second set of photos really made it "pop" for me. I kind of overlooked it in the first set.
Oh my! I love that Seated half. The CWT is neat, too.
Crusader States: ca. 1163-1201 billon denier of Bohemond III of Antioch PCGS XF45. Cert. #64263087. Numista-55126 or similar variant....
The seller just accepted my initial offer on this PCGS XF45 example, without even counteroffering! Truth be told, I’d have paid the original...
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