I sure wish my recipient would post. Hasn’t been seen yet. Hopefully he’s having a good time celebrating.
It happens. Which is one reason it is best to keep expectations low, I suppose, and also validation for the secret principle, so there is no...
I couldn’t do that, especially after our Thanksgiving this year. But it is certainly beautiful, and lends a patina of old fashioned beauty to...
Per @Joshua Lemons in the introduction: $125 spent would put you on the generous side. But that’s where I’d prefer to be. It’s about what I...
Nice little Constans! I’d have ranked the Guatemalan coin higher. I just like it. The two-headed magician’s Morgan is cool too.
Excellent point. You are of course correct about the strip. And you found a photo of such a strip. I searched for one in vain.
I love those old British proof sets with the purple insert and the rectangular mint medal in them. So handsome.
Wow. I wasn’t expecting to see any Bust halves.
It is a clipped planchet. While that’s an error that’s worth a bit of premium on more modern, uniform machine-made coinage, it is quite common on...
Hope you’re having a nice holiday!
FORVM’s list is a good clearinghouse for ancient coins. Not so much for World and US, I imagine.
I think what you have there is a regular 1944 copper cent that was plated with some kind of silvery colored metal. Look above GOD in the legend....
Easy test: does it stick to a magnet? A true 1944 steel cent would. Even if it passes the simple magnet test, I still have my doubts.
Whoop! Whoop! CircCam alert! Coingratulations, @Kasia - that is my favorite of anyone's Secret Santa gifts I've seen posted so far.
Boy, you're not kidding! :yack: Yeesh, look at how many fake 1909-S VDB cents this seller has actually sold! :banghead: I pity the poor fools...
Ooh! An 1853 A&R half! Sweet!
Honorable mention: This 1702 "Wildman" replaces another one of the same date which I purchased raw at the 2023 FUN show in January. The raw coin...
Glad you're still here with us. Hope you are comfortable and content.
Copper rounds seem to be making the rounds!
And surprisingly large. PCGS lists 1,090 different country/date/denomination combinations in their Registry set on that theme!
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