Are these books still useful, or have they largely been updated and revised by more recent research? Looking through, there's a lot from the 19th century and it would seem that there's been quite a bit of discovery since then. Might be interesting from a historical perspective, but it is it useful from a collecting point of view?
This is my buy I picked up tonight. 1920 broadstruck wheat cent. What do you guys think? https://www.ebay.com/itm/2227420461...s=gh1g=I222742046103.N101.S1&autorefresh=true
I really like the greyish toning on that Gordian III. I daresay that is a CircCam! I invite you to post it on that thread, too. You can find a lot of that sort of stuff here, too (pertaining to ancient coins)
I like it! I'm not enough of an error guy to say whether or not that's worth a hundred bucks, but it doesn't sound crazy to me, at the price. Error aside, it's also nice high grade early Lincoln with some good eye appeal. Looks AU58+ at a bare minimum, if not MS BN.
I already posted a full thread on this coin over in the Ancients section ( https://www.cointalk.com/threads/come-on-baby-light-my-pyre.306781/ ) but here is a posthumous denarius for Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) showing his funeral pyre. I paid $65 plus shipping at Frank Robinson's auction:
There are lots of cool things that you can get for $100 or less, but since I'm undecided, a 5oz silver bar would work.