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Re: North/South/Central American Coins Thursday, let's see them!
I happily bid on this piece, not because it was a Proclamation Medal (though I do like them) nor because it honored Ferdinand VII (no way an honorable monarch). In truth, back in 2021, for some reaso… (View Post)5 -
Re: North/South/Central American Coins Thursday, let's see them!
I purchased this Carlos IV Proclamation medal by mistake. I had meant to bid on something else. Additionally, I had forgotten that I had purchased a much better example 5 years ago. Nevertheless, the… (View Post)4 -
Re: What got you into collecting?
I cannot identify the first coin I ever collected, but this Chinese cash was one of the first. This and one other were the only cash coins I possessed for about 50 years. The I discovered how cool th… (View Post)3 -
Re: More ancient ID'ing
The profile on the bronze appears to be the emperor Hadrian. As for websites, many people may recommend: https://wildwinds.com/coins/ (View Post)2 -
Re: What got you into collecting?
Followed the lead of my older brother. Periodically paid visits to a store on the Bronx' Grand Concourse and one of my aunts used to give me pennies. (View Post)1