What book is this? Does it cover only military buttons, or civilians ones as well?
My heart was pounding all through the 'timeline.' ALWAYS, ALWAYS test your bidding setup! I have seen way too many people miss out on great coins...
Totally different style. The OP's coin does not match any official issue that I am familiar with. It is more likely to be the bronze core of a...
Maybe the largest private collection? Most museums have bigger ones, but those tend to focus on a specific type, usually city of Rome or Egypt....
There's what, eight or nine types? And most of those available in quantity, at least for the time being. I'm dealing with over 2000 basic types....
Nope, just me around here. I usually steer clear of British leads. But there is at least one other collector of the Roman ones. I've had some...
You collect lead tokens?
I don't think it's ancient at all. Looks to me like a lead token copying the farthings of George I-III.
It's the nature of the game. Most of the 'retail' coins were acquired from auction at a lower price. Anyone who avoids auctions because 'they're...
The OP's coin is worth about $100, which is what the linked coin originally sold for. http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=171902
I thought delamination was a form of error strike in which a portion of the surface of the coin was separated during striking. This is an example...
Here's a rather simplistic portrayal of a snake: [IMG] ROME PB Tessera (18mm, 2.58 g, 12h) Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia...
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Top row, from left to right: - Emperor Xuanzong. Guilin mint in Guangxi province. Cast 1821-circa 1848. Hartill 22.602 - Emperor Gaozong. Board of...
Unfortunately, these are cast fakes.
Yup, KM 2. Good eye. I saw SD and, though I knew it was completely unrelated, couldn't get past the SUD issues of Oaxaca.
Modern (Pinyin) spelling Xinjiang. One of the more restive areas of China.
Apologies are in order. While that link doesn't entirely elucidate which issues were struck were, it certainly does answer the question. Mea...
Don't be a jerk. This is a legitimate question that none of those front page links fully answer. Detecto, I'll see if I can check some British...
I was just about to post this. Good timing! By the way, I just want to recommend Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire to anyone with a deeper...
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