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Re: Identification Confusion for Roman Coin
Just as the note on flip says, it's a Gordian III antonianianus. This is a very easy emperor to find, especially on an antonianianus . Here are the notes on Gordian III from my notebook: * Marcus Antonius Gordianus was the son of Antonia Gordiana who was the sister of Gordian II. His grandfather was Gordian I. * Gordian… -
Re: In Honor Of Veteran's Day
Just A Common Soldier He was getting old and paunchy, and his hair was falling fast. And he sat around the Legion telling stories of his past. Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies -- they were heroes, every one. And though sometimes to his neighbors, his tales… -
Re: Tracking Prices: 25th Anniversary San Francisco and Reverse Proof
<< <i>So, which do you guys feel will perform better in the future. Keeping the sets whole or selling of the three non-keys today and just keep the two keys? >> If you can afford to, I wouldn't sell anything until the hoopla dies down. It's hard to imagine that these sets (or any individual coins coming from the sets) are… -
Re: Franklin lovers - Is there sometimes a fine line (so to speak) between FBL and non-FBL?
Yes, there is a fine line on many of the dates. Some dates are usually well struck with well preserved dies and almost all the coins are FBL. The 48. 48D, 49, 49D for instance fall into this category. Most of the dates, however, have that fine line. By a long mile, the area where most coins fall short of FBL are the lower… -
More than you ever wanted to know about Indian Head cent clash marks
This post hopefully will make IH cent clash marks obvious for all collectors to see, understand, and appreciate. The huge number of variety IHs struck in the mid to late 1800's make it obvious that Mint employees at this time were either incompetent, bored or inebriated. Or they could care less about the lowly cent they… -
Re: Let’s see those impressive die cracks
Cracks and cuds. Those dies are really starting to fall apart! -
Re: Find of the year ! Original coin Dies.
As you can see, this roller dies shaft has the so called machining lines. To read just about the Screw Press, than go to the bottom of the post to the part called : more indepth info. on the screw press. Around the year 1551 in Germany, the Roller Press was invented. For its time, it was very sophisticated. They invented a… -
Re: Saturday morning coffee with coins
Love the cup @DCW My favorite cup from my cool Sister-in-law, a market report magazine (close at hand on my desk), and an old friend with some Fall colors and tired Dies (for October)! Here's the coin -
Re: Mint engraver Francis N. Mitchell. Not pictured in Julian, silver example. Do you like his work?
<< <i> << <i>My opinion: He appears to be a rather typical, second or third rate 19th century artist. I would not collect "art" medals of this caliber. >> Not an "art" medal. The dies for this medal are listed(#15) in the Peale register of dies; a note indicates that only gold and silver medals were struck prior to about… -
Re: Modern collectors - advice on rolls (post from Coin Forum)
A good rule of thumb is that only new dies which are properly adjusted can strike a gem. It's also probable that two consecutive coins off the same die will experience very sim- ilar fates. They will fall together into the same bin while it's at the same height. They will stay close together through the same counting…
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