A good start is soaking them for several months in distilled water (not tap water, not mineral water). Change the water a few times along the way...
I have to add, on a more serious note, that I've never been ashamed or embarrassed by my country's circulation coinage until today. And then I saw...
After all those special issue quarters and loonies, we're almost out of things to commemorate on coins. Next year we're getting a set of twelve...
Silver washes were common on late 3rd-4th century bronzes. The silver was really just for show and rubbed off quickly with use since there was so...
The style of the lettering on the obverse looks really wrong and sloppy. Might be a tourist fake or modern reproduction/souvenir. The reverse is...
This is the better example of the two I own. Some strike flatness at the top of the horseman, but otherwise much sharper than most. [ATTACH]
Phillip II was Alexander's father. Phillip III was the half-brother who was mentally ill and may have been poisoned by Queen Olympias. Just to...
The main attribute of Virtus was courage, and the two G's of AVGG means Augustus plural. So the reverse reads "Virtus Duorum Augustorum" or...
So what's the melt value? Kidding... just kidding...
Doesn't look medieval to me. I'd guess early modern, somewhere in the 17th-19th century range, and likely a token.
1. Not enough legend left to be sure, but it's Constans or Constantius II, two Victories with wreaths type 2. Barbarous radiate imitating Tetricus...
I frequent parthia.com which is the best resource for fans of Parthian and related coins. I'm very pleased to now own one of their reference coins...
Into the landfill to be dug up by another civilization in a thousand years or so. Best case scenario. Still makes me sick, though. I consider...
They still show up in regular circulation here in Canada, but by now the ones still in circulation are pretty scratched up. You'll have no trouble...
I'd say 95-99% of them will likely make it to market. Under British law, the local museums get first pick to buy at fair market value. But it's...
Ah, I see there was some back and forth while I was writing my post. I often still can't tell the difference between the modern cast Severan and...
The backwards D on "H" is actually just a bad G in the legend VICT AVGG COS II PP. It's a limes denarius, a bronze copy of the official silver...
I'll add that the type and legends are identical to the same coin from Constantius II. You can tell them apart because Constantius II wears a...
Yes, the spiked crown is a radiate Gallienus antoninianus from 260-268 AD. From the darkest days of the crisis of the third century.
The style looks wrong on all of them. I imagine the "S" (clearly modern and not a period countermark) is meant as a signature by whoever made...
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