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Re: Why Medieval Coins Look So Different From Ancient Coins
Other contributing factors added to the differences in shape and style, including the changing way that money was handled. As Roman coinage degenerated into base-metal, the link between "preciou… (View Post)5 -
Re: Interesting 20'th century coin I picked up
In case anyone else was wondering what "non-contiguous" meant in this context, here's the Wikipedia map of the territories of the Grand Duchy within the German Empire, marked in red. Enclav… (View Post)1 -
Re: Do coins lose weight from circulating?
Friction and wear physically remove metal. Consider sandpaper, a good macro-scale source of friction: imagine taking a coin, and a piece of sandpaper, and rubbing that sandpaper back and forth across… (View Post)5 -
Re: eBay Fakes (and What Can I Do About Them?)
Given that these sellers all appear to be Chinese nationals residing in China, I doubt there's anything the Secret Service can do. What these people are doing is not illegal in China. The only people… (View Post)1 -
Re: What coin is this?
Yes, the Arabic numeral "6" does resemble the Western numeral "7", while Arabic numerals "1" and "9" look essentially the same as their Western counterparts. S… (View Post)1