Interesting. Almost certainly from the late 19th century, I'd say, based upon the style. Though alternately, a circa 1900-1910 date is not...
He is definitely a "he", as I mentioned. White fella of at least middle age (as oh so many of us here are). Beyond that, a lot of the other...
Coingratulations, Chris! Wow... that 3" gold medal must be a sight to behold...
Agreed on both counts. It's a lovely modern bauble, but if I'm going to spend that kind of money on a piece of gold, I could get a cool Roman...
12/21/24: Round 11 has been posted and is now open. We have only one round remaining in the contest after that.
LET ROUND 11 BEGIN! [ATTACH] @Randy Abercrombie gave to thee... A high grade 1896 silver Morgan dollar with dark grey toning. [ATTACH]...
And now, a brief intermission before we go into Round 11. Time for the "comic relief" portion of the program. You will recall Bean, my...
He's on a roll, for sure! :P
There's 4 days left until Christmas, and we've got two rounds left to do after this one. So... TIME FOR THE ROUND 10 DRAWING! [IMG] Our lucky...
Last call for Round 10, if any of you night owls in the US- or overseas folk elsewhere- have not yet posted your entry in this round. After I...
Wow. I would have loved to be there, and witnessed Roman coins coming out of the ground at Vindolanda, about which I have read. Happily, I did...
A fixed-size collection limited to a certain number of pieces is fun- but an extremely difficult challenge sometimes, because you have to drop one...
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