@Evan Saltis - if you’re game, I need your genealogical research skills to find out more about CLARENCE E. LAKE / MECCA / OHIO / BORN FEB. / FIFTY...
That is an understatement. In most of my “real” life outside the forums, I’m an introvert. The holey coin getup was a way to have fun and my one...
No, but in the past I only did pre-1900. Nope. Just a Dobbs box I got from an antique store. My late mother was Lillian Dobbs, so I had to honor...
Nah, it fits okay
Thanks, I’ll message you, but be warned that no good deed goes unpunished. ;)
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These are the closest most of us mere mortals will come to owning a Confederate coin which is not a later, postwar restrike. (The original...
Here’s one I sold last year. As @MIGuy mentioned, the 1861-O half dollar was struck under three governments as the year progressed: first, a few...
I forgot I had this one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sure… in pre-1834 US gold. ;)
My exact thoughts. A good test subject.
What say ye about the $10 Indian that came in the same shipment? I've got a Gothic florin on the way, too, speaking of British. PCGS AU50. A...
Thank you. I was wondering who that "JJ" mintmaster was. Turns out it's two J-name guys, then? Neat. But what about those dates?
Lovely. You have some nice toning going on there. Speaking of which, I sold my 1-escudo, mostly because it was Charles IV also, and essentially...
Here 'tis. :)
Colombia (Spanish Colonial): gold 8-escudos of Charles IV, 1808-NR JJ [ATTACH] Obverse: CAROL•IIII•D•G• HISP•ET IND•R•, armored bust of Charles IV...
Your Ptolemy VI is certainly a better MS comparison than my own much humbler example, which is also a mere didrachm. [ATTACH]
Show us, if you have pix. Pile on, everyone, with your $10 Indians, if you have 'em. I fully realize not everyone does. In fact, I never...
Working on pix and writeup
Thanks. That S-B coin does have a good bit of chatter, though it appears to have decent luster. I’d personally call it within bounds for what a...
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