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that's funny about their "A", I hope its just a story.
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Beautiful nickel!  |
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Jprine, those are some really nice nickels. It must be an amazing set to have!
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Just back from rescuing this from the local "buy gold/silver" guy's Morgan bucket for $28.50. Made it my new pocket piece.   |
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Just back from rescuing this from the local "buy gold/silver" guy's Morgan bucket for $28.50. Made it my new pocket piece. A rescue coin! Very nice! |
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I don't recall the denticles looking like that. Might be the color.
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Edited by chris86
02/24/2012 9:20 pm
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I like the toning on the 1/2 Marks
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This is a classic case of Quantity over Quality but I'm sure I'll find something I don't have in this small lot.
Thanks to ACE Mike (Alaska Coin exchange) Now that's the way I love to buy 2¢ pieces, I just ask how much to a dealer, and tehy say which one, I'll usually say all of them! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I like the toning on the 1/2 Marks Thanks, it's even more colourful in hand than it looks in the picture. |
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Here are my two latest ancient acquisitions. I haven't got pics of my latest U.S. coins so Ill post them later. Nero: AE Dupondius, A.D. 64-68, Rome, 28mm, 14.65g, 180°, RIC 296. Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P. Radiate head right. Rev: Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, surrounded by arms; S C in field, ROMA in ex.  Severus II: AE Follis AE1, A.D. 306-307, Aquileia, 28mm, 7.36g, 180°, RIC 80b. Obv: IMP C SEVERVS PF AVG. Laureate head right. Rev: VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN. Severus riding horse right, spearing barbarian; second barbarian lying on ground.  |
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wow, amazing ancients ... ummm, are they copper, bronze? (gold?)
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02/26/2012 2:26 pm
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Steve, with ancient coins people sometimes don't even know the original name of them so they call the coins by their content (and a size sometimes), AE would be bronze (AE 15 would be a bronze coin 15 mm in diameter).
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Yep AE = bronze and AR = silver. Dupondius is an actual known denomination but Follis is a generic term for several late roman bronze (or silvered bronze) coins of varying sizes of which the original denominations are no longer known. They are classified as AE1(largest), AE2, AE3 and AE4(smallest) based on size.
Earlier roman bronze coins that don't fit the classification of As, Dupondius or Sestertius are simply identified as AE followed by the size in mm. For example, "AE15" as Svslav noted above. These are often provincial coins rather than official roman issues.
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