U.S. coin collecting seems to be dominated by considerations of condition - minute differences in grade, color, luster, strike, etc., and how...
Not one but two? Leave some for the rest of us! :)
Yes! It's one of the salient features of the series. Some of the engravers were less studied than others - way less. It's as if they picked random...
I like oakeate, even though it sounds like a yuppie breakfast cereal.
Looking at the first link that @DonnaML supplied, I see that I misattributed the OP coin. It's a Type 3, Sear 1730 - Laureate head of Augustus,...
I have no idea how much it costs to make such a thing, but $400 for 3 ounces of silver seems excessively high.
Evasion tokens - I think of them as the 18th century version of bitcoin. Here's the blurb from the paper I was talking about. Taken from Oliver...
Holy smokes! It's the find of a lifetime. Congratulations not only on adding a tremendous coin to your collection, but more importantly on...
They're important pieces of Colonial monetary history. I have a paper in my office library which gives a few particulars and sources - I'll look...
Those circulated extensively in the colonies, which is one reason you find heavily worn examples in US junk boxes. The upper one appears to be a...
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David, are there any plausible theories as to why the radiate crown was omitted on these dupondii?
If you squint you can almost see Janus and the Prow on this anonymous as. [ATTACH]
The reverse looks barbarous to me, although the obverse appears to be in official style. I have an even funkier unofficial Falling Horseman......
The fact that the band looks extremely corroded while the signet design is pristine is certain proof that, whatever it is, it didn't spend any...
Congratulations, RC, that's gotta feel great! But your taste in rare coins doesn't make up for your taste in cringey videos, just sayin'. :p
You can tell the kings apart by the different types of headdress. Try Zach Beasly's page for a start...Sasanian Coins.
Very intersting! Thank you for your article.
SMHB, Heraclea.
Is it just me, or do all the figures on Kushan coins look like they're gettin' down to The Hustle? [MEDIA]
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