No one has mentioned modern US commemorative gold. If you are just interested in mainly the melt value but want a legal tender coin, the common...
It doesn't look like one used to "fix" a fuse, since it is a zinc center and probably too new for that. Also, there are a lot of scrapes and...
I would like to think that Lincoln was sitting around in a penny jar all those years until somebody cashed in the contents. It happens. But it...
Thank you!
Of course British coins are fun! World coins are fun to collect, in part because I can afford interesting ones without selling my house. I even...
The sad thing is, someone paid $80 (including shipping) for this.
I bought this French Revolution 5 Centime at a flea market for $1. It is dated L'5, which mostly corresponds to 1797, issued under the government...
It looks like grease or some similar substance was struck with the coin. Just as a die can be grease filled, the grease can adhere to the coin in...
I really like the little bee on this 10 mm Ephesus bronze. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Certainly looks like grease, not wear. The letters of "States of" and the "E" in the motto also look weak, and the roof looks floating to me, but...
Not quite as good as yours, but one sold this evening on eBay for $13. http://www.ebay.com/itm/132346568405?ul_noapp=true
Just junk, but it's mine and cost less than $10. As, 27 mm. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Entry post. I love to search the cheap junk boxes of coin shows and flea markets, particularly the ones that are less than 50 cents each. I once...
Thanks for offering the giveaway! Please count me in! the foreign and ancients because of the history behind them.
Hesse-Cassel 1 Heller 1822[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
As has been mentioned, anything below 70 has problems, it is just a matter of what problems you are willing to tolerate. Those of us with little...
Fall is God's beautiful paint brush spreading across the countryside.[ATTACH] An early autumn snow can make the ordinary beautiful, like this...
Congratulations on a nice find! On my budget as a retired history teacher, ANY identifiable ancient is cool and somewhat rare! I love when an...
Many ancient coins, especially the early Greek coins, had no numbers or even letters, being identified as to issuing location by icon only an by...
Count me in, thanks!
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