About 3 years ago I started getting uncleaned coins in hopes to build a collection. I have cleaned, identified and cataloged over 200 now. The...
Helena AE4, 1.87 g, 14.59 mm. Trier. 337-340 AD. Obverse: FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, mantled bust right, hair elaborately dressed. Reverse: PA-X...
The staples on the 2 X 2 the coins are in would not be the source. It would have had to have contact with another 2 X 2. All of these responses...
A cotton swab with the dip and just touch the area. The two marks match almost identical with the length of a staple. It is very reasonable that...
I think a rusty staple is the culprit.
Nice finds Ed. I have a WW II .45 Auto Holster Hanger with Scovill snaps. I need to replace 2 of them. They are still being made. I just need to...
There are many, many threads on coin photography here on CT. You will get much more information in a shorter period if you search them.
Nice. Something new to do.
2011 ASE WDDO-001 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1857, 1858 Large Letters and 1858 Small Letters [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Probably, but I didn't consider that since it appeared to be a large date. And, since I have never had a coin slabbed, I would mot be one to ask.
It doesn't really matter what it is. It has been harshly cleaned making it worth nothing more than one cent. IMO
The mint did manage to produce the ugliest coin ever.
That does look like an antique coaster.
I say 21 also
Might have been the same artist that did the Obama official portraits.
Those are being issued by the USPS to supplement the wallpaper issues.
A good example of why I quit with modern coins. Just plain ugly. When will the US Mint start making coins with cartoon characters like some of the...
I was part of a group of kids from grade school through most of high school that met frequently and held a swap for coins. We covered South Hill,...
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