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Changing title: DARKSIDE IS TOO DAMN MUCH FUN ~~~~!!!!!

topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 18, 2018 9:53AM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

Now I'm all un-American.
Now I'm gonna end up with a pile of strange looking coins I can't read.

But .....they're purdy. Purdier than a bean even. :p

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    harashaharasha Posts: 3,079 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The coins of Severus Alexander make for an impressive series, for collecting.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They will simply be a start. I am buying coins that please me visually.
    Actually I did that with US, but US ....other than having different SIZES.... tends to be a lot of same designs.
    I'm finding the variety of darkside pretty fun.

    And that's my goal. I am done with the grade race and paying prices for coins that don't warrant that kind of outlay simply to be LOOKED AT..

    Which is what I did with my US. I still have some nice US early gold and early type but have sold a lot of duplicate DESIGNS.

    I dunno.

    Since coins are my "entertainment" I want to get as much mileage as I can.

    I've ...dabbled... in darkside and sure wish I had kept what I sold over the years.

    As....now..... my ex $85 coins seem to be present $350-600 ones. :D

    I'm even meeting some pretty nice people PM'ing me re: my new direction.

    IOW..... so far, so good. I expect this to continue. And looking for cool coins is fun no matter the language. Artistic design has no borders. :)

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:53AM

    And
    . :)

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    Jackthecat1Jackthecat1 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭

    Nice Trade Dollar, struck at London to make it even more interesting.

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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice stuff topstuf

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Jackthecat1 said:
    Nice Trade Dollar, struck at London to make it even more interesting.

    There's a "B" in the trident. Isn't that Bombay?

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    Jackthecat1Jackthecat1 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭

    My mistake. If there is a 'B' in the trident it is Bombay. 1930 is one of the two years (1925) that was struck at London. I would have thought that NGC would have put the mintmark (if any) on the label.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:53AM

    DIATORS !!!!!** :)

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    SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome to the dark side >:) I went on a similar transition as you, starting with US, moving to early US gold specifically, then colonials, then ancients... and I've never looked back.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:54AM

    :)

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SmEagle1795 said:
    Welcome to the dark side >:) I went on a similar transition as you, starting with US, moving to early US gold specifically, then colonials, then ancients... and I've never looked back.

    I didn't get into the colonials.
    Did get one Moffat $5 Territorial. THAT STAYS FOREVER :)

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome to the Dark Side!


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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:54AM

    :)

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:55AM

    :)

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:55AM

    :)

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    Jackthecat1Jackthecat1 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭

    Ancient gold? I would say you are hooked on the darkside now. Great coin.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Line and sinker too. ;)

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    GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2019 4:19AM

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Reverse is up a few posts.
    While I was waiting for it to arrive.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The reverse is up a few posts while I was waiting for it to arrive.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GotTheBug said:
    Welcome to the dark side! There is also the grey side if you happen to fancy Canadian coins. Sort of like U. S. lite, minus the stickers and beans and angst, well mostly without angst unless you bought the bulk of your collection prior to the 2008 downturn....

    When i first started coins, I had complete Danscos of Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, and US.
    These were the old red Danscos.
    Wish I had them now.

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Now I'm all un-American.
    Now I'm gonna end up with a pile of strange looking coins I can't read.

    But .....they're purdy. Purdier than a bean even. :p

    Glad you picked that up! It looks great!

    I was following that but couldn't justify branching out just yet.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2, 2017 8:21AM

    @SmEagle1795 said:

    @topstuf said:
    And today it got here. :)

    Beautiful! But you have to show the reverse too ;)

    Now that I'm in the loop, I've been noticing various hairstyles on Athena.
    Has anyone ever categorized them and does the style indicate where it was minted?

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    ExbritExbrit Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    And the mail carrier (not mailMAN) came today, too
    . :)

    But the mailman rings twice!

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:56AM

    :)

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    SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:

    @SmEagle1795 said:

    @topstuf said:
    And today it got here. :)

    Beautiful! But you have to show the reverse too ;)

    Now that I'm in the loop, I've been noticing various hairstyles on Athena.
    Has anyone ever categorized them and does the style indicate where it was minted?

    Both the obverse and the reverse can be used to aid in classifying where it was minted. There was a massive study done by a researcher named Martin Price entitled "The Coinage in the name of Alexander the Great" which covers off all of the varieties (thousands of them) and categorizes them quite granularly. A tough collection by die variety but you can get the major minting locations as a set if interested :)

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    ZoharZohar Posts: 6,629 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excellent - gotta love the passion here.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zohar said:
    Excellent - gotta love the passion here.

    I could sure work up a passion for a distater like SmEagle1795's. :)

    I'm not seeing a pile of 'em for sale.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,705 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great coins in here!

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:56AM

    :)

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:56AM

    :)

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    RMWRMW Posts: 219 ✭✭✭

    Topstuf, you want ugly, have a look at a Leopold the Hogmouth Austrian Taler!

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 18, 2018 9:57AM

    Enough of this. Delete pix.

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    RMWRMW Posts: 219 ✭✭✭

    The movie guys could have saved on makeup casting him as a villain in a Batman movie.

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    ShadyDaveShadyDave Posts: 2,188 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Talk about off to a quick start, hahah. Superb pickups!

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