Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side
Those BARs really are something, I shot one at a gun show once. It makes sense they only issued those to the big boys, the average guy in the '40s...
I figure it won't be a bad idea to share my CT origin story, which isn't quite well-known (aside from the numerous posts in which I deem it...
Turns out I can't edit my post any longer, but I still want to share the coin or rather, token, I got:[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Looking at the close-ups...
Right on, just the one. I thought it was just too cool to pass up. If I keep going this way I'll have a quaternary collection of US Exonumia....
I'm in for the Civil War token again, despite not really collecting US stuff anymore, that one is just too cool. The coin for this post will be...
Does not look like a grinder, especially not the type you would use as an auto technician, I would say however that it is sandpaper. You can see...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; Bust facing right. GLORIA EXER[CITVS]; two soldiers stg., facing one another, military standard...
Oh no... among the first things I did when the coin arrived was to remove that label. I'm sure I still have it around somewhere but had I known it...
Thanks for the clarification, now I can put this one to rest! Now that I look more closely I can see the mint mark for Ticinum. The reverse on...
Is the workshop where the coins were minted or where the dies were made? Or both?
As did I. I haven't cleaned the ones I received yet, but so far the middle-east one he is right about. I'm not sure if the patina is fake, if it...
I'm a bit late to the party, but perhaps the word "COMPROMISE" on a Missouri quarter, referring to the Missouri Compromise? I don't know if that's...
Thank you! Nice coins. I could see that being a Greek gamma, that would make more sense. Still stumped on the preceding figures, though they...
Just got another batch in from Dirty Old Coins this time, excited to see what awaits beneath the crust of these Roman coins. I got three from the...
That irradiated dime is fascinating, now I want one! It reminds me of the Fallout games.
I'll echo what everyone else is saying. Don't clean it, the patina is quite attractive. That, and something I've found while cleaning ancients, is...
Oh, I have more than I'd care to admit, I'm prone to losing things but in the early days of my collecting, I had scarcely a box or shelf set aside...
I like that medal, Our Lady of Fatima appeared in an apparition to three children in 1917: Lúcia dos Santos; Francisco and Jacinta Marto. She is...
It's called Maximinus Thrax by Paul N. Pearson. Maximinus really started the trend of "Barracks Emperors", of which Probus is my favorite....
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