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* If an ancient bronze coin shows bare metal, then it's certainly been harshly cleaned. It's possible - indeed likely - that the coin has needed such harsh treatment, in order to be preserv… (View Post)

It's not a genuine ancient Roman coin. What we have here is a "Paduan", a medallion made to look like what a Renaissance artist thought an ancient Roman coin ought to look like. "… (View Post)

It is the traditional abbreviation for gold, used by numismatists since the dawn of numismatics during the Renaissance. The three abbreviations given by pruebas above are all from the Latin names of … (View Post)

Some things you need to consider before assembling a "one from every country" (OFEC) collection. Are you interested only in coins of countries that currently exist, or do you wish to includ… (View Post)

For a coin to be "struck backwards", it has to be struck by another coin, rather than by the die. This can happen in two ways: * It can happen in the mint, when a coin gets stuck in the coi… (View Post)