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1937 Battle of Antietam commemorative half   |
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That's a knockout for sure.  |
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Day 2 in no particular order 1913 S Type II Buffalo Nickel |
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Day II 1880 B Republica Peruana. Una Peseta.   Edited by Dorado
04/02/2019 12:35 pm
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My day two offering - this is a Panama Canal Transit medal released during the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Minted in 1913 and released in 1914. Most of these medals were given a unique serial number, but a few have no number and others have "specimen" engraved. I'm a big fan of all things Pan-Pac and have been slowly getting items from that event.  I am enjoying the opportunity to see what the other forum members put at the top of their lists. Some beautiful items presented so far, and some with great back stories. I'll be posting a "backstory" item later in the run. Edited for spelling. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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04/02/2019 11:19 am
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Tough call, but this may be my favorite coin in my collection. It's the third most expensive to be sure. Alexander the Great Silver Tetradrachm Tarsus mint (site of former Achaemenid treasury) Minted during his lifetime  Alexander's campaigns used so much captured silver to pay so many troops that his coins beat out the famous Athenian tetradrachm as the benchmark for "good money". Despite the huge output to fuel his campaigns, his lifetime coinage came to be dwarfed by the posthumous imitations, minted across most of the Greek world for over 150 years until the Roman takeover. There are thousands of types from dozens of mints, but the quickest way to sort them out is that Alexander's lifetime coins are usually smaller, thicker, and almost always portray Zeus with uncrossed legs on the reverse. I selected this one both for being a lifetime issue, and also for its above-par portrait of Herakles looking an awful lot like Alexander himself. |
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Looks like no one appreciated my April Fool's joke earlier... Totally overlooked it.   |
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Here's one for today. 1852 Trime   |
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