Nice!! :cool: Remarkable craftmanship for 300 b.c. -- About as good as the hammered coins from the 1500s and 1600s
I would never have guessed that!! :D I still think your avatar should have been on the Alabama quarter. Where is GDJMSP hiding???
Posted 8/3, Updated from the coin news.
Thanks, ND. Of the 3 things, the Reagan sawbuck was the least objectionable. It will just be funny to have a "modern" president on our paper...
Well, because politics is so entwined with coins now, we will be seeing dead presidents on circulating coinage for the foreseeable future....
For US Coins: Saints Walkers Standing Libs (esp. Type I - a bold artistic statement for the time) Peace Dollars Draped Bust Coinage (esp....
Mine is my initials and my graduation year. I don't really like it anymore, but it appears I cannot change it unless I get a new e-mail address,...
Good one!! I forgot about those. Think I last read about YAP island coins in 7th grade history class! :D
Were coins that large common in India?? Is'nt there a limit to the size of what could be considered a "coin"? --- Maybe not, as long as it was...
Sylvester, I thought your recurring nightmare was being surrounded by piles of Jefferson Nickels and Churchill Crowns!!! My nightmare is is...
Free the 1933 Saints!!! Free the 1964-D Peace Dollars!!! Free Martha Stewart!! (Ooops, too late).
Well, at $200, you could probably take a chance and have it slabbed. If it comes back not proof but MS-64 or better, you still would have a...
ND, what do you think of this one?? The seller claims the toning is from an old Raymond Waite album....
Posted 7/29, "Silver Mint Set Concept"
SF and West Point could produce Unc. silver coins, though, like they do for the silver dollars. I would rather see silver mint sets than...
I can't decide whether to buy this or the King of Siam Proof Set!! :D
I have a few of those 1-Baht coins and some smaller brass ones (I think they are 50 "Satang" and 20 "Satang" coins -- 100 Satangs = 1 Baht). My...
Do you mean Large / Half cents, colonial coinage, or both??
Is "shed" a bad word in the UK??
Yeah, the objective is to buy low, sell high, right?? Unless you plan to liquidate your gold tomorrow, those who like gold should take this as an...
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