The silver coin with the eagle on the back looks like an ancient coin from Alexandria. But the "pebbled" surface suggests it may be a cast copy.
The bronze coin with "TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII" and "ROM ET AVG" looks like an Augustus Caesar "semis" denomination coin struck in 12-14 AD in Lugdunum (Lyon, France). RIC 246. romanatic.com/search.html?eid=1&oid=39
The small bronze coin with "C RVBELLIVS BLANDVS S C" and "III VIR A A A F F around an altar" looks like another Augustus Caesar "quadrans" denomination coin, struck in 4 BC by moneyer C Rubellius Blandus. RIC 467. wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s1705.html
@Kkathyl said: (July 11, 2017) @Ashland you better plan on opening the wallet a bit for this Proof as they only produced 15,000 I got mine at MCM. But first year of most coins end up being a good investment if you hold for a few years, I also got the Uncirculated version but that was at fraction of this pup. Will eat Noodles for a few weeks to make it up.
I wanted to comment on this.
The prevailing wisdom is that limited supply (15,000 in this case) does not imply high value.
You also need substantial demand.
There are many low mintage medals / tokens / coins, but if very few people are interested in them, they will tend to sell for near bullion value in the future.
So we do not recommend buying them as an investment.
If you like the design and have spare cash to buy one for your collection, great.
But buying 2 or paying much over bullion value and expecting to make a profit is not realistic.
Had the thrift store coins looked at and they have cast marks on the sides, so that means they are modern reproductions. Not surprised nor disappointed and glad to have had them cross my path. The one is real silver so it does have some value and I was able to learn a little about how to spot repos. Learning is what it is all about for me.
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The silver coin with the eagle on the back looks like an ancient coin from Alexandria. But the "pebbled" surface suggests it may be a cast copy.
The bronze coin with "TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII" and "ROM ET AVG" looks like an Augustus Caesar "semis" denomination coin struck in 12-14 AD in Lugdunum (Lyon, France). RIC 246.
romanatic.com/search.html?eid=1&oid=39
The small bronze coin with "C RVBELLIVS BLANDVS S C" and "III VIR A A A F F around an altar" looks like another Augustus Caesar "quadrans" denomination coin, struck in 4 BC by moneyer C Rubellius Blandus. RIC 467.
wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s1705.html
As @asheland mentioned, these last 3 coins are not US coins, so they should be posted on the World & Ancient Coins subforum:
https://forums.collectors.com/categories/world-ancient-coins-forum
I wanted to comment on this.
The prevailing wisdom is that limited supply (15,000 in this case) does not imply high value.
You also need substantial demand.
There are many low mintage medals / tokens / coins, but if very few people are interested in them, they will tend to sell for near bullion value in the future.
So we do not recommend buying them as an investment.
If you like the design and have spare cash to buy one for your collection, great.
But buying 2 or paying much over bullion value and expecting to make a profit is not realistic.
Had the thrift store coins looked at and they have cast marks on the sides, so that means they are modern reproductions. Not surprised nor disappointed and glad to have had them cross my path. The one is real silver so it does have some value and I was able to learn a little about how to spot repos. Learning is what it is all about for me.
@yosclimber you have a great eye.
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Have not added any pictures here for a while. Today I will add my 1938 DD Buffalo
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Very nice Buffalo RPM!