For instance, in places that had juke boxes (bars especially) the owner would give nickels or quarters to customers to play the juke box. The goal...
Sometimes coins were painted and handed out for use in machines by customers. The painted ones got returned to the proprietor. Mostly seen it with...
You can find them in parking lots everywhere. Welcome to CT.
Here's one of Crispus [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This might be it [ATTACH] 1088RE) Constantine II (AD 337-340), AE-3, 18.5 mm, 3.12 grms, (As Caesar, AD 328-329), Obv: Laureate draped and...
What does that mean "...not in this camp..."? I don't have the technical vocabulary to be in some camps, but, in the last 2 years I have made some...
Where did MS 64-65 come from. I can't see it.
Here is a Probus with Quadriga on the reverse. This is also silver plated with the silver peeling off. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Ryro I like them. They are rather rare but not classical enough for some. I have a couple of retrogrades that I am fond of also.
After finally finding my first post I see that I really didn't have to post this again. I didn't realize how much info I already had. But, I...
Here is the link to my prior post. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/could-this-be-ancient-silver.346948/
I am far from an expert but I understand that it is a Barbarous Fourree. This particular coin dates to AD 197 - 200.
I have a silver plated, Septimius Severus I believe, that retains about 50% of the plating. This is not a silver wash. It is a thick plating. I...
I have several. Here is one of mine, not near as good as most. [ATTACH]
Mercury was quite readily available back in the 40's and 50's. We called it "quick silver" and we didn't know how poisonous it was.
The temptation here is like quitting smoking. With the new reverse next year we will be tempted to get just one more. I hope I can resist both...
I have all the modern commemoratives up 2018 - terminated the run. I will terminate the ASE run at the end of 2020. I have all but the one in 95 I...
I have one innovation dollar, the first one. I bought a roll of each so I could include one in each set for my 20 great grandchildren. I never...
The first one below is a fully silvered campgate. It is a silver wash that was very difficult and slow to clean and save the thin silver finish....
I noticed that there are 3 staples and they line up in support of the claim. Unless the OP moved the coin between shots, it looks genuine. But,...
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