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You identified the type correctly, but from what I see in the pictures you'll need some more practice with grading (which does take time to get half-way decent at). For a coin to be MS (mint state), … (View Post)

Nice Gordiani you have there! Despite the brevity of their reign, they had the support of the Senate, and coins were likely struck in advance of their actual uprising against Maximinus I. This probab… (View Post)

Upper Left: Roman Provincial, Emperor Philip I (r. 244 - 249 AD), Antioch, Syria. Upper Right: Byzantine, Bronze Follis, Emperor Justin II and Sophia, minted in Cyzicus, 577 AD(?) Lower Left: Byzanti… (View Post)

The exceptions for import duties and interest on the public debt for the use of legal tender notes date back to their introduction during the Civil War. The legal tender notes helped the Union pay mo… (View Post)

Very nice set! It was the 1996 changes that got a coin collector like me to check out currency as well. Glad I did! (View Post)