~1 1/8" long, ~7/8" wide, >1/2" thick, ~3/16" string holes; it's effectively hollow, an' weighs ~9 grams. I doubt it has much age to it, but the...
Hi, y'all...I dug this out of a box of junk at a local mall, an' gave a buck for it...mostly to see if it was genuine, an' get help with the date....
Certainly plated, and after considerable circulation. But why? It's hard to believe it could be passed as a Quarter Eagle...except for its size,...
When Dad died, I got his <1964 US sliver rolls. Perhaps 2 dozen dimes, ~15 quarters, ~12 halves. I want to 'sort' them, a roll at a time, for key...
~4 1/8" diameter, ~.300" thick, 2 1/2 oz. The probability that there were many of these 'minted' seems to be large...but try as I might, I can...
I stumbled across this under a box flap. The box was loosely packed with misc Japanese bring-back from the GHQ era by an uncle. There weren't any...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] ~73.4mm X ~87.2mm, 246.5gm, 1.000 Ag My lady translates: "Born 12 May 1803 in Darmstadt "Died 18 April 1873 in Munich...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 40.3mm, 25.9gm, 1.000 Ag My lady translates the Reverse: "We must come together in the duty for good" 25 September...
I thought I had posted this a few years ago, but I can't find it on CT. MY question is basically: what, if any, value remains in this otherwise...
Hi...this is an item I have spent several hours researching, without success. The lack of a reverse image makes that already difficult task quite...
Pawing thru misc silver coinage yesterday, hoping to find some plain stuff to make a quick buck on when the white metal again gets to $30...found...
This was a gift from a friend who had 'invested' in 37 fake iron-core Chinese coins...many Fat-Man & similar others. This was the only large one...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The fellow had to have $4 for the lot. I'm familiar with wheaties, as I grew up with them and...
First, Acetone, like almost every highly volatile solvent, does it's job by dissolving (and thereby absorbing) whatever the unwanted material is...
Here's the first: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223520224830 The second was listed 5 minutes later. Thanks for looking! wlw [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What little I know about Sanskrit: it's the religious language of Hinduism. And that may well be wrong! What I would like is a translation. This...
~23.9mm diameter, ~8.9mm thick; 15.7grams The soldier is better focused than my pic shows; the clear 'lens' looks to have been poured...that is,...
I've seen this treatment before but didn't pay much attention. Now these two appear in my hoard...I have no recollection of acquisition. Very...
Perhaps Egyptian, or Algerian? I am obviously guessing. ~39.85mm, ~28.1grams, reeded edge. Very skillfully applied pin-back, but it was such a...
~38.75mm, ~27grams (light). Very slightly dished; convex obverse, concave reverse. Does the grain & fine pitting say cast to anyone? Reverse...
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