Believe or not, many countries were behind on minting technologies in the 1800s. The coin below was minted in 1830s and 40s in Iran.
Cool, so since they are not Roman, they probably are just decoration or conversation pieces at best? Sent from my ZTE V768 using Tapatalk 2
How would you get that? In many ways Roman coins are more boring, due to their sheer number, than most other coins. The condition is this coins first concern, not its age or origin really.
Opinion: I've met two kinds of coin collectors. One wants rarities and is blown away by such things as the 1933 $20 gold and the 1913 V nickel. The other wants coins that supported commerce of the day and would rather have $10000 worth of real spendables than one thing that could have never been made and no one would have noticed. Some Roman collectors would love to own a Silbannicus, others would trade it for a thousand commons including guys like Pescennius Niger. It's all good. Pay your money and collect what floats your boat.
I just collect the ones I think look cool, I don't care about value really, most of my collection are things i found metal detecting, if it's cool I keep it, silver sell it, usually lol. Sent from my ZTE V768 using Tapatalk 2
Can you show us a pic of a similar coin in better condition>? I'd like to see what it should look like....
Ya, someone post pic of a good one please, I want to see one too. Sent from my ZTE V768 using Tapatalk 2
Rarity does not make something desirable or valuable. You go to the back yard now and hammer your own limited edition coin and no-one would care!
Something like one of these. It is actually a very poorly published series. You will never be able to read the obliterated reverse inscription, but if you find a copy of the 19th century volume of KM, there should be an illustration of the obverse there.
