Here is another piece of art from Milwaukee Civil War token artist, John Marr. The obverse of this Blatz Beer token features Gambrinus, the king beer.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
A recent purchase of mine: arguably the finest aureus of Domitian, the last of the "Twelve Caesars", found in Pompeii under the ash of Mt Vesuvius in 1895, depicting Romulus and Remus, the mythological founders of Rome:
Learn about our world's shared history told through the first millennium of coinage: Colosseo Collection
Here is my denarius of Domitian. Not nearly as nice as @SmEagle1795's aureus, but within my budget. I'm just getting my feet wet here.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
@BillJones said:
Here is my denarius of Domitian. Not nearly as nice as @SmEagle1795's aureus, but within my budget. I'm just getting my feet wet here.
I also like ancient coins but there are two reasons that I never collected them---they are very heavily counterfeited and it's difficult to determine what a fair price is to pay when buying them. Unlike US coins, there's no price guides with up to date coin prices for ancient coins.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Here is a Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson medal. I have read that these pieces were struck in Paris and that the intent was to hand them out to Stonewall's men during the war. The South lost before that could happen, and they ended up in a warehouse until the 1890s. I believe that the Daughters of the Confederacy were involued in distributing them, but my mind is fuzzy on that detail.
At any rate I became aware of these pieces by seeing them in exonumia dealers' cases. All of the pieces I saw, before I spotted this one in an auction, were beat up and usually had bid rims. In addition these pieces were only silver plated and usually the plating looked bad or was worn off of them. Then I spotted this, which had the box with it, and knew it was time to pull the trigger if I wanted one.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Not all history is happy, reminders of the ugly truth of the past, keeping us from repeating our mistakes.
Not part of my collection, a customer/historian brought it to me to be imaged. It is housed in a museum, to be on display at some point. *Let me know if this does bother anyone, I can take it down*
@BillJones Nice piece Bill. I actually viewed and bid on the nicest one of those that I have seen.
I believe it was in a Heritage auction at the Atlanta ANA. I failed to win the piece and have regretted it ever since.
They are pretty scarce and as you mentioned, nice ones are tough to find. I believe that they were stored in a warehouse in Savannah, Ga. Not the ideal location for such an item.
Great looking coin that shows a low grade coin can have great eye appeal.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Yup. That's a good looking 16-D dime for the grade. Is that he one that was for sale on the BST a few weeks ago? I tried to buy it but someone beat me to it. Not sure why someone bothered to CAC it though.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@BillJones said:
Here is my denarius of Domitian. Not nearly as nice as @SmEagle1795's aureus, but within my budget. I'm just getting my feet wet here.
I also like ancient coins but there are two reasons that I never collected them---they are very heavily counterfeited and it's difficult to determine what a fair price is to pay when buying them. Unlike US coins, there's no price guides with up to date coin prices for ancient coins.
I initially shared the same concerns but as long as you buy from legitimate sources (= not eBay, which is an abyss of poor quality fakes), counterfeits are very rare and sticking with coins with pedigrees is a solid way to avoid them. The same processes are used to find counterfeits as in US coins, and ancients have the benefit of many centuries of academic research behind them. As with other types, most fakes can be spotted extremely easily, but there are ones which require deeper investigation.
Pricing is definitely more difficult than with US coins but there are several databases which hold over a million recent sales (CoinArchives, ACsearch, among others) so while there isn't a guide that says "AU55 = $2K", it takes just a matter of minutes to find an accurate price once you're familiar with how to search.
Feel free to PM me any questions or concerns if it'd help!
Learn about our world's shared history told through the first millennium of coinage: Colosseo Collection
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It came from an old album. It is my favorite circ too of the 3 I sent in. This one is in close running behind the '47-D
My Washington Type B/C Set
Both are outstanding.
If a circulated coin is going to have color, that is what I want.
I've got a couple of those Vegas Vegas stickered dollars
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Here is another piece of art from Milwaukee Civil War token artist, John Marr. The obverse of this Blatz Beer token features Gambrinus, the king beer.
A recent purchase of mine: arguably the finest aureus of Domitian, the last of the "Twelve Caesars", found in Pompeii under the ash of Mt Vesuvius in 1895, depicting Romulus and Remus, the mythological founders of Rome:
@SmEagle1795
I have never told you but you sir have some amazing coins!
I'm jealous.
Here is my denarius of Domitian. Not nearly as nice as @SmEagle1795's aureus, but within my budget. I'm just getting my feet wet here.
I fear that I also am being drawn into the world of ancients.
I have always loved them but have somehow resisted thus far.
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I also like ancient coins but there are two reasons that I never collected them---they are very heavily counterfeited and it's difficult to determine what a fair price is to pay when buying them. Unlike US coins, there's no price guides with up to date coin prices for ancient coins.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Actually it's a hammered MS which I think I like better!
Here is a Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson medal. I have read that these pieces were struck in Paris and that the intent was to hand them out to Stonewall's men during the war. The South lost before that could happen, and they ended up in a warehouse until the 1890s. I believe that the Daughters of the Confederacy were involued in distributing them, but my mind is fuzzy on that detail.
At any rate I became aware of these pieces by seeing them in exonumia dealers' cases. All of the pieces I saw, before I spotted this one in an auction, were beat up and usually had bid rims. In addition these pieces were only silver plated and usually the plating looked bad or was worn off of them. Then I spotted this, which had the box with it, and knew it was time to pull the trigger if I wanted one.
I forgot about that one!
Not all history is happy, reminders of the ugly truth of the past, keeping us from repeating our mistakes.
Not part of my collection, a customer/historian brought it to me to be imaged. It is housed in a museum, to be on display at some point.
*Let me know if this does bother anyone, I can take it down*
@BillJones Nice piece Bill. I actually viewed and bid on the nicest one of those that I have seen.
I believe it was in a Heritage auction at the Atlanta ANA. I failed to win the piece and have regretted it ever since.
They are pretty scarce and as you mentioned, nice ones are tough to find. I believe that they were stored in a warehouse in Savannah, Ga. Not the ideal location for such an item.
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Great looking coin that shows a low grade coin can have great eye appeal.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Like this?
Yup. That's a good looking 16-D dime for the grade. Is that he one that was for sale on the BST a few weeks ago? I tried to buy it but someone beat me to it. Not sure why someone bothered to CAC it though.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
The finest Le Chameau Louis d'Or ex. JJF
Latin American Collection
I initially shared the same concerns but as long as you buy from legitimate sources (= not eBay, which is an abyss of poor quality fakes), counterfeits are very rare and sticking with coins with pedigrees is a solid way to avoid them. The same processes are used to find counterfeits as in US coins, and ancients have the benefit of many centuries of academic research behind them. As with other types, most fakes can be spotted extremely easily, but there are ones which require deeper investigation.
Pricing is definitely more difficult than with US coins but there are several databases which hold over a million recent sales (CoinArchives, ACsearch, among others) so while there isn't a guide that says "AU55 = $2K", it takes just a matter of minutes to find an accurate price once you're familiar with how to search.
Feel free to PM me any questions or concerns if it'd help!