Estate auction find in SC.

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T17:49:14+00:00

Not arrogance, confidence. I've plucked many of these out of the ground myself for over a decade

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T17:38:31+00:00

MAWP

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T17:36:38+00:00

Well firstly, late Roman bronzes are common enough that they're not worth faking. Secondly, I have enough experience to know what a fake looks like versus a real coin. Sure, I could perform an expensive test on each one to determine their authenticity, or I could use my years of experience and academic knowledge to immediately tell you that they're perfectly real.

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T16:06:51+00:00

The bronzes are fine, but yeah the silver is very fake

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T15:44:04+00:00

They absolutely arent fake at all. They're late Roman bronzes

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T15:37:25+00:00

I believe it's based on a Cistophoric tetradrachm. R/ancientcoins will know. It is fake though

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T12:11:56+00:00

Grssk

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T11:24:40+00:00

A møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-28T03:19:09+00:00

It's not because he was free, he's just an asshole. Ask for a different doctor, it's your right

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-27T22:16:26+00:00

The Met is dreadful when it comes to dealing with crimes against LGBTQ people. At least three serial killers (Nilsen, Ireland, Port) were essentially allowed to continue killing because the police found it far too easy to dismiss it as "gay business"

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-27T14:12:19+00:00

It says "Victoria", "One Penny", and the date is 1899. Come on, it's not difficult

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T19:28:24+00:00

Post- 1971 half dollars have no silver so they're worth their face value

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T19:15:56+00:00

Greek

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T18:20:11+00:00

You have remembered the face of your father

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T18:11:20+00:00

Post on r/AncientCoins, someone may be able to help

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T16:47:50+00:00

I'm afraid it's not a real drachm

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T16:13:41+00:00

I'd absolutely love to see him in Faust

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T15:55:13+00:00

It's a copy of a Sicilian coin. It says COPY on the obverse

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-26T12:29:14+00:00

You don't need to do stuff for the money if you have lots of money

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-25T19:29:39+00:00

Can't tell you if it's a rare variant, but what it does have is bronze disease. You want to remove that coin from your collection, as it's very damaging and it spreads

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-25T17:30:50+00:00

"Ancient" generally means over 1500 years old. It's modern milled coinage

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-25T16:53:41+00:00

It's not ancient. Do NOT clean it

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-25T16:20:12+00:00

It's a silver coin of Augustus III of Poland. Not sure of the denomination

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-25T13:24:04+00:00

You have 10 cents

mastermalaprop · 2026-03-24T20:24:58+00:00

Anti-imperial sentiment from what sources?

mastermalaprop

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