I have this feeling somehow he'll continue on. Reading the article, this never seemed like a job to him. He said he never felt like he worked a...
I bought the following coin at the HJB offices a few years ago. It's one of those Byzantine "good enough for the type" examples. I liked the...
The quantity of metal used for this anonymous follis brings its weight to 20.02g. On average, the series has a weight of 15g. Yet this one also...
Since this thread has expanded past US high denomination bills, the 10,000 Yen note is the highest denomination ever issued in Japan. Here are...
A local coin show I used to attend only had 5 or 6 tables. This remained a consistent number through a number of visits, and seemed to involve the...
Wow. Nice mutilation find. Thanks for sharing. I inherited the mutilation specimen below. The people it came from, now gone, owned metal working...
I have seen a number of 2025 coins in the wild. And I never use cash or coins these days, so, if I've seen them, they must exist in decent enough...
One of my favorite Anonymous types in my pile. The detail on the beard is pretty amazing. I used a macro lens to film this, but I don't know if it...
Not one of the more prominent of the Byzantine emperors, Michael I ruled for just under two years from 811 to 813. Historians don't seem overly...
Late again, but the weekday titles seem to be more "suggestions" than hard fast rules. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I forgot that this one from early 20th Century Japan is also technically a silver certificate. It depicts the reverse of a 1 Yen coin on the...
I didn't have any Constantine I coins in my pile. Then this one came along. I like the "eyes to heaven" type because it encapsulates the...
Late again... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is one very tiny coin. One could easily blow it off the table with a fierce puff. Though not as tiny as some of the Greek Obols or English...
Better a day late than never? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is one of the few I have a photograph of - I also have some raw Peace Dollars, etc. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Since it's Sunday again, I'll post the only relatively decent Barbers I have. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I've attended that show a number of times in the past, but I haven't made it the past few years. I unfortunately had a very sad personal event...
Andronicus I Comnenus ruled from only 1183 to 1185. He met a nasty end at the hands of a frenzied mob. Sear describes his reign as "short and...
The latest version of Monopoly uses a "cash app" instead of paper money. Somewhat a sign of the times, but handling the cash was sometimes the...
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