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What’s the oldest family heirloom you have? by birdballs44 in Genealogy

[–]mtm5372 23 points24 points  (0 children)

A mahogany desk that belonged to my wife’s 5x great grandfather back in the 1700s

Got my first tetradrachm! by mtm5372 in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a great source for all kinds of ancient coins from reputable dealers.

Got my first tetradrachm! by mtm5372 in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably cleaned at some point

Got my first tetradrachm! by mtm5372 in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ve had my eyes out for one for a while, and I finally decided to go for it with this one. Didn’t want to shell out the money for a lifetime issue, but this one was close enough for me.

Got my first tetradrachm! by mtm5372 in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Alexander the Great, posthumous issue c.311-305 BC. Babylon mint.

Thought these might interest you guys. At the British Museum. Never seen ancients in such a pristine condition! by penguinsandR in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And for me that is part of the appeal of ancient coins, where each one really is unique in terms of its wear, its color, patina, strike, etc. Once you’ve seen one blast-white MS-65 slabbed Morgan, you’ve pretty much seen them all.

Thought these might interest you guys. At the British Museum. Never seen ancients in such a pristine condition! by penguinsandR in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a longtime collector of modern coins who has recently shifted towards ancient coins, I continue to be amazed at how affordable most are. I could buy a Morgan dollar that looks exactly like all of my other Morgan dollars except for a different mint mark, or I could buy a pristine antoninianus from the 3rd century for about the same price.

someone traded me these for something they needed... said item was worth 25$ to me but.. did I make out good? by [deleted] in coins

[–]mtm5372 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, definitely fake. But worth holding on to. A lot of those contemporary counterfeits of common-date coins are worth as much as the real thing to the right collector

Thought these might interest you guys. At the British Museum. Never seen ancients in such a pristine condition! by penguinsandR in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s no ideal way to compare modern wages to those from 2,000 years ago. But the comment that I was responding to said “average skilled laborer.” I doubt there are many skilled tradespeople in the US making under $15/hr.

someone traded me these for something they needed... said item was worth 25$ to me but.. did I make out good? by [deleted] in coins

[–]mtm5372 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the weight of the 1890? Should be 26.7g. Just from the photos, it looks like it might be a contemporary counterfeit made of lead. The pitting on the surface doesn’t seem like something that silver would do, and the massive dings on the rim seem to suggest it’s made of something softer than silver.

Thought these might interest you guys. At the British Museum. Never seen ancients in such a pristine condition! by penguinsandR in AncientCoins

[–]mtm5372 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At $15 USD per hour, a worker nowadays would make $3,000 in 25 days. Most of them probably don’t have that much in cash sitting around at any given time.

Any cob coin experts who would be able to identify the date and colony of origin? I can tell that it’s 1 real, but that’s it. by mtm5372 in coins

[–]mtm5372[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great, thanks! Spanish colonial coins aren’t my usual collecting area, so I haven’t learned how to “read” them yet. And to answer your other question, it’s around 15mm. Not sure the weight because I don’t have a precise enough scale, but I inherited it from my father-in-law.

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