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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3630121, member: 85693&quot;]Yesterday I stopped by my local dealer and poked through his junk boxes.&nbsp; Found a couple of ancients I thought I&#039;d share.&nbsp; I passed on a couple of LRB AE2s that were pretty much unreadable.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan dupondius (in the $2.00 bin) and a follis of Romanus IV (SB 1866) which put me back $4.00.&nbsp; The Romanus is an upgrade for me - this one is overstruck on a Class C follis (maybe).&nbsp; The Trajan will probably be impossible to fully identify, but I plan on having fun trying:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]973631[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This wasn&#039;t in the junk box, but at $8.95 I couldn&#039;t pass it up - the flip said Edward III, but I am not sure of that - any guidance would be much appreciated.&nbsp; The portrait is pretty cruddy, but I really like the reverse - my first Canterbury mint.&nbsp; It is possible it is plated, but with a loupe, the stuff on Edward&#039;s face appears to be encrustation rather than broken plating (can you plate a coin this thin?). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]973629[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the whole lot - a 1776 Mexico 2 reales and 1761 fake Spanish 2 reales, both worn slick.&nbsp; The Netherlands 2-1/2 gulden crown is out of scope for this forum, but I was pretty happy to find it cheap as it is the key date, 1940.&nbsp; These didn&#039;t seem to circulate much - the Dutch had a very bad year in 1940 and I&#039;m guessing the Germans cut short production, or melted down a bunch of them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]973630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Any new junk out there?&nbsp; Please share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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