Grade: ??? I appreciate the views & nice comments. Perhaps some of you could suggest a grade opinion for this little coin? GAUL Massalia AR...
Learning one ancient coin at a time..... BTW, I picked-up four ancient coins at the Westchester coin show. This Massalia Obol is the smallest at...
Good luck with the collection. :) I happen to have a bunch (possibly all) of different dates & denominations in MS. What would a MS hoard of...
I'm slowly learning about ancient coins through osmosis. My current interest is in the 5th through 3rd Century B.C. but there are neat coins from...
I got this little ancient coin at the Westchester coin show this last weekend. The seller did not deal in ancient coins. The coin was in a 2x2...
Of course you did fine. :) You havd fun acquiring the coins & I suspect that the Russia 10 kopek is silver.
I do not know the precise plant used on the coin. Krause describes it as a vanilla plant. I just read this interesting Wikipedia description of...
I like the first 1951 quite a lot. :thumb: Here is a 1955 I've posted before.
Posts like this basically define why I visit CoinTalk. It was a good read.
Republic of madagascar REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR 1970 10 FRANCS (2 Ariary) KM# 11 3.5000 grams Aluminum-Bronze F.A.O. Series Obv: Vanilla...
I was kind-of assuming that it was slabbed & genuine but your post is spot-on! Derick- Is it slabbed or from a truly reputable source?
Cool Coin I like the cud coin. Did you find it while roll searching or in change?
The coin depicted looks much like all these 1945-S coins on Ebay....
I don't see any wear or hairlines in the photos so my SWAG is MS64. It looks really sweet.
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Read your camera's manual. There is probably a section describing white balance & lighting type. Select the camera option that matches your...
Addendum BTW, there is one thing that is unusually nice about the coin. It may be one of the few surviving EF examples that hasn't been chopped...
It appears circulated so I'd guess a price of 5 cents. edited
It is completely up to you if you like the coin. My September 2012 GreySheet states $210 in EF, $270 in AU50, and $875 in MS60. The prices are...
I did not get it when I was working at Clark AFB in The Philippines. :D I found it in a dealer's "new purchases box" at the Danbury coin show...
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