That's what I figured, as argentum is ye olde Latin for silver. I think what threw me off was that the period table abbreviation for silver is AG....
I was wondering what 'AR' in the case of silver Roman coins and 'AE' in the case of broze Roman coins meant? Google is not being kind to me with...
Def. gonna post some photos when I get the chance. I'm really enjoying the denarius. High-relief is so much nicer looking when compared to a...
Dang, and I used to have one of those when I was a kid. I guess I'll try Bone's suggestion, then. Thanks for the responses!
I found my first Indian head cent finally at my local town square park (1904, I think. Also, my metal detector is pretty low-tech), but this thing...
I, too, somehow have a very similar coin in my "random world coin" jar...good to know where it's from now.
To conclude the story I posted a few days back (http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=14978), I returned to the coin store early Sat. morning,...
Yeah, we have a Boxer puppy, and she's also bought more stuff for him than I care to recall. Dogs get all the attention nowadays...
Yesterday I came across a steelie (in poor shape) and an AU red '57 cent. Pretty dang lucky that it hadn't seen much use in all these years!
Yeah, after looking at those Unc. examples, there's just something unnatural about the sheen on this penny...
This was the best of the 11 or so steelies that popped out of a cent roll a few weeks back. I think it's been reprocessed (they all essentially...
I just wish this coin store was open more often. Luckily, though, it's on a very secluded street, and it's been pouring all day yesterday and...
Yesterday around noon I went in to start my 19th century type set by purchasing a Flying Eagle cent and two Indian cents (one cu-ni, one bronze)....
I picked up $5.00 in pennies the other day, and I only found two wheats and a '64 Canadian penny.
I just found out (haha) that there was a pattern Mr. FG created that was rejected in favor of the now infamous SBA design, and SBA's look even...
The USDA allows a certain percentage of pus, antibiotics, and growth hormones in cow's milk meant for human consumption. Researchers at Yale...
Haha, yeah, if I lived in Seattle, this wouldn't be a problem, but Boston is too far away. Maybe the wife and I will take a road trip to Montreal...
When we empty out our giant tip jar every week at work, we have it counted through a Coinstar (for free, luckily). And of course, it rejects tons...
I was actually responding to the initial post as well, BUT...it's called internet lingo. Here, I'll translate: Oh my goodness! Please use...
My wife made made me a pretty awesome box to hold and display my coins, but that only fueled my passion for the hobby, which I think she regrets...
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