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This topic has turned out really good so far.

Looking forward to more.

Definitely interesting.

Well, you can't 100 percent guarantee that it is gold dust from the California gold rush proper. Since if you know the history of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It sank in 1857. So all you can say is that the gold dust is from 1857 or prior to 1857. What was considered the actual rush for gold in California ended around 1855 but gold was still being mined and discovered after 1855. So, all you can guarantee is that this is California gold dust from 1857 or prior.

If you're asking how you could absolutely justify if the gold dust came from the S.S. Central America Shipwreck. This item was actually certified by PCGS. So, it really depends on whether or not you trust PCGS in regards to its authenticity.

Never showed off this one. It's a depression-era scrip, a leather dollar issued in a small town in Montana. It's probably unique, or so Heritage described it. There are certainly no references to it anywhere.

Fascinating little coin that turned into a fun surprise:

Nezak huns, AE drachm, clipped to about 1/6 (obol)
Partial bust right and legend
Partial fire altar and attendant
10x15mm, 0.7g



The "Huns" were pushed out of present-day southern Mongolia in about 200 AD, and had branched out into 4 tribes, the smallest of which being the Nezaks, who held east-central Afghanistan from about 500-750 AD. Like most other Huns, their coins were inspired by the Sassanian Persian silver drachms, but had their own artistic flair and were usually highly debased silver, even copper. They mostly issued a single type, bearing a legend npcky-'mlk in Pahlavi, usually transliterated as Napki Malka. Originally believed to be a name, most now believe it to mean simply "Nezak-king".

This is unusual because, unlike the coins of centuries past, clipping big coins into bits was not generally seen, especially not with base metal coins. Traditionally, the Greek drachm (which all Sassanian-based coins were ultimately derived) was made up of 6 obols, so the clipping down to 1/6 of the coin demonstrates that the Attic currency system was not a distant fuzzy memory to the people of the early medieval period.

To top it off, I discovered that this coin is a die match to the intact Nezak drachm I purchased a year ago:

Got my second aluminum foil notgeld today -- a Lautawerk 100 mark. It came with its original backing, on which a large amount of the ink has stuck to.

Anybody know if it's in danger of more ink peeling if it's kept directly in plastic?

Mark1959: If your clock ever stops working, rather than sending it back for repairs, you could simply replace the movement yourself. All sorts are available at a place called Klockit. http://www.klockit.com
I've built clocks using their stuff.
Made this myself

Here's another one:

A genuine and fourree (Ancient contemporary counterfeit) matching pair of a Byzantine Empire Justin I, AD 518-527 AV Solidus.


Byzantine Empire Justin I, AD 518-527 (Gold) AV Solidus (4.32g) rv Angel hidg. long cross clipped NGC XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5 scratches:





Byzantine Empire Justin I, AD 518-527 Plated Solidus (Gold Plated Copper) (2.31g) rv Angel hidg. long cross NGC VG Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5 core visible: