So you have that many but you've never received any in change...I guess we've found the source! :D
Here's my Marcus Aurelius, as posted on an earlier thread about bronze disease. I have since brushed it off, lightly scraped off the green with a...
Beautiful coins -- and that's also a great progression of facial hair. ;)
I just posted on this in another thread a few minutes ago. I, too, think the repetition of the design is a little boring; however, it is a great...
I've always thought the Swiss coins were very elegant, but I wish they had just a little more variety. And the animals on the Norwegian coins...
There are quite a few coins from Greece that I've seen and which I think are very attractive. Thanks for putting these up here!
I just reviewed my older photos of this coin and realized that there was more "green" in evidence when I first bought it than I remembered. It...
Here are better photos. You can even see the green forming on the face of the reverse. Pretty much all of the crevices on the rim of the coin...
The green stuff is powdery; I was able to make it crumble by simply touching it through the plastic. Also, I’m sorry, Doug (Smith), you are...
Here’s a photo of the coin; I’m sorry it’s a little blurry. In the photo’s orientation, you can see the green in the 8 and 9 o’clock positions....
I'll see if I can get a decent phot of it tonight.
I pulled out my Marcus Aurelius denarius a few days ago and was distressed to notice that it had a problem. When I first got it, I noticed that...
As a low-income coin collector, I think about this sort of thing from time to time, and here are my thoughts: If you really don’t want to keep...
I apologize for resurrecting this somewhat old thread, but I thought it was worth mentioning something I just realized: Soda ash is not only...
Thank you all for your recommendations. I'll be writing all of these down for the next time I'm at the library or at the used book store....
As both a metal detectorist and someone interested in ancients...drool, drool,...
I’m interested in ancient coins, but I only have a few. I find the whole area endlessly interesting and enjoyable. However, the endlessness...
Is some of the legend (the “D”s)backwards on H?
How exciting! I hope you post pictures!
Wow. I'm as impressed by the craftsmanship as I am appalled by the swindling.
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