The fact that the nickel matches the pennies on year and mint is strictly coincidence as well.
As I recently joined CoinTalk, a longtime unusual coin keeper and a recent Roman coin collector, I remembered I do have three US coins that are...
Now this is a game I can play better than most that come along here. Mind you all I am still new to this so if any of these are incorrectly...
I was once browsing with my tablet as I fell asleep. I awoke to an email confirming my order for an Omega watch. Oops!
Thanks for the millionth time Victor!
And I have no idea what I got! But, another coin is always good. It's Roman. 22-24mm diameter. Is that a female bust? Does the reverse start...
This has already been impacting delivery times for a week or two now. Also, mail is sorted regionally, not locally. This itself isn't a new...
Hanzi (Chinese characters) and Kanji (one of the sets of Japanese characters) are the same.
I would add that early Buddhist materials like this may have originated in China but we're imported into Japan as the practice grew there. This...
I must also thank @Victor_Clark because I had no idea who these coins depicted without his help.
Okay, so this one isn't a Gallic emperor, but it's roughly contemporary to my Victorinus. I like owning them both because they are so similar...
Hey! I can play! I had a tough time identifying this Victorinus (and a similar contemporary Claudius Gothicus) because they are earlier than I...
Thanks to everyone for sharing their coins!
Well, not entirely down to condition (especially on the so-so reverse), but the bust of Helena on the obverse is striking. Looking though images...
Cool coin. Such objects being touch points for learning are my favorite part.
I don't doubt that, but do they collect illegally from their digs or via the same means as the rest of us?
None that I have ever known would, but that can't be a blanket statement. The value to an archaeologist is the knowledge gained and spiriting...
@Victor_Clark tried to trick a rookie by sending a small Roman bronze with no bust or portrait, seemingly two reverses. Ha! I was able to...
These coins have led me to read and learn more about Roman history since taking a History of Western Civilization course as a college freshman...
My current avatar is the reverse of this coin, does anyone know when the when the bull neck style come into vogue for the Romans? Did other...
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