For a coin roll find (from general circulation?), that's awesome. Full Red BU! These are, of course, very common, and lots of UNC and BU coins...
Ouch. I do like the young Caracalla. Still fresh-faced there. The scowl of the later tyrant is not to be seen yet.
Tooled or not, that's supercool. Where's the obverse pic?
I think history agrees. However, I don't think he and his family deserved what they got in the end.
[IMG] (L): Clifford Mishler; (R): Chester ("Chet") Krause. 2015 photo. Source link Mr. Krause died just this June, at the age of 92. We world...
This is no doubt why so many of these can be found in pristine condition like that, for very modest prices. They come nice. I have always liked...
I'm in the same boat sometimes. Never have more than three or four to go off at any given time. It just so happens I have at least four that...
Amen, brother, and hallelujah.
Yeah, who has to eat? Get the coin! LOL ;) One man's "affordable" is another man's "expensive", for sure.
[IMG] TERMS: Free shipping to US addresses. Outside USA, I'll pay the first $2.00, you pay the rest. PayPal preferred, but not mandatory....
I'm mostly helpless with Byzantine, so I've got nothing useful to add, I'm afraid. I'll just say that I like the patina on this piece- that's...
He's a new member and a noncollector. Said as much. Aw, cut the fella some slack.
What @Mat said- to the word. I like it either way. (@red_spork - I do rather agree with the points you made in the post just after his, though.)...
I enjoy posting some of my "bygones", too. They're never totally bygone if I have a picture and a fond memory. :)
If you have the skills to build your own site, good for you. If you would like something very easy to use, clean, uncluttered, free, and with a...
Yeah, that's what I was thinking; like $25-30.
@GDJMSP - all I can say is "WOW". :jawdrop: I still haven't done my writeup on this one (perhaps because that will require some actual thinking...
PS- that's pretty darned close to MS, isn't it? Hoard coin, huh? (That's kind of a dumb question, I guess. Most ancients were hoard coins at...
What an INSANE difference in the photos! Night and day! Seller didn't do himself or herself any favors with those pictures, that's for sure! I...
Austrian Netherlands: copper 2 liards (2 Oorden), Insurrection coinage, 1790 [IMG] [IMG]
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