This guy was seen near our local Waffle House today.  Big ‘un!

(Not my photo- wife saw it on Facebook.  I don’t get the juicy neighborhood news like she does, since I closed my FB account.)

Dinner tonight was Shrimp Scampi.  The green bits are asparagus.

With the recent addition of Galba, my second Twelve Caesars set is now 75% towards completion.  I now need Julius Caesar, Caligula, and Vitellius.

https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21345/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-twelve-caesars

Another great interview, and a fitting tribute to the late Mr. Cheesman.

(*Edited to correct autocorrect’s misspelling of his name as “chessman”.)

It’s here already, though I haven’t retrieved it from UPS yet.  Very speedy international shipping!

The resemblance is remarkable!

Just bought this for my growing Twelve Caesars set, which is now 3/4 of the way to completion, with nine emperors down and three to go!

It's actually the first time I've done business with Ritter. Boy, they sure use small pictures, huh? Still, it looks pretty nice to me.

Roman Empire: ca. 68-69 AD silver denarius of Galba



Galba: 68-69 AD, Denarius July 68-January 69, Rome. 3.29 g. RIC 186.

Obverse: Laureate head right, IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG.

Reverse: DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia holding patera and scepter. Good Very Fine (per Münzhandlung Ritter).

Ex-Münzhandlung Ritter GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (via MA-Shops store), 6 April 2024.

Wow, those in situ photos really raise my pulse rate! 😛

Final results from NGC are now in. Considering the strong money I paid for this coin, I’m rather disappointed in the outcome. Still happy with the photos, though, and I’m happy to see they put it into a prongless Air View holder. The prongs on a standard NGC slab would have swallowed this little coin.  

I reckon it’s a keeper. I’m so underwater on the purchase that I’d never be able to sell it without taking a really big hit anyway. Besides, it’s a nice coin.

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6828625-001/NGCAncients/

On 1/12/2024 at 5:28 PM, robinjojo said:

I think a one real or even a half real cob would make a nice prize coin.  Worn examples are plentiful so you shouldn't have difficulty finding one for under $20.  I can check with my local coin dealer to see if he has any, if you wish.  

That would be nice.  Thanks!

Definitely a cool type, and irresistible for that nifty juxtaposition of fishing tackle and rare coin! 
 

(Just one coin was all they had in stock, apparently.)

6 hours ago, ominus1 said:

..well darn...it wasn't me melord...and curses to whoever got it!!

Nahhh, more power to ‘em.  I would have made an offer, but you snooze, you lose.  Would’ve been fun to add a cheap silver cob to my giveaway stash, and that 1943 envelope was cool, but I’m not sweatin’ it.

9 hours ago, ominus1 said:

...well, you get it put me down!...i don't have a 'real' real in my collection (but not from lack of trying)..AND that envelope raises the value in my opinion! ^^  or shoot me a price and i'll send you money for the coin and put a lil profit on it and you can buy more coins for you giveaway!  thanks melord! 😄

Somebody else bought it, as it happens.  Maybe I tipped them off with the discussion threads about it.  The buyer got it for less than $35.

I love the colors and designs on paper notgeld.  I have never collected paper money and am unlikely to ever do so, but if I did, German notgeld and US Fractional Currency might be some of the things I delved into first.

Here’s a post from Collectors Universe.

I’m thinking of buying it for my giveaway stash.  It’s not terribly expensive.  Thanks for the information, y’all.  It pretty much echoes what I was told over on Collectors Universe.  1 real from Potosí.

On CT, I was told @robinjojo knows something on this subject?

7 hours ago, Al Kowsky said:

This coin sure looks like a barbarian imitation 🤨, I hope you still have it....

Nope, alas, I sold all the holey gold collection off my hat during leaner times.

23 minutes ago, Al Kowsky said:

Maybe it's time to jump on the bandwagon before the prices get out of reach 🤔.

Not a bad idea, though as always, there is so much stuff competing for my very limited budget!  Finishing my Twelve Caesars set is my top numismatic priority for 2024.

I have only owned one solidus, ever.  It was this holed Zeno, pedigreed to the Eliasberg Collection.

It was the centerpiece of my old "Holey Gold Hat" collection:

Just now, John Conduitt said:

I think that forum has only been there a month or two. Quite a few of the forums have been added later. Although perhaps people have continued to post exonumia in coins or general.

Aha.  That would explain it.

Link: Hadrian.

Zero for zero, but nice stuff, everyone.

@Restitutor - now that I've posted some stuff, feel free to use any pic you might want, should you wish to make a thumbnail for the forum listing.

The Exonumia forum is now no longer empty!

Fascinating stuff.  I presently own no solidi at all, barbaric or otherwise.  

Germany (Westphalia): 1923 gilt bronze hyperinflationary 10,000-mark notgeld token

PCGS cert. #38640462.

Germany (Wurttemburg): ca. 1904 silver klippe, Stuttgart Numismatic Association, "Happy New Year"

Obverse: Veduta (city view) of Stuttgart.
Reverse: Prosit / Neujahr (Happy New Year) in two lines below radiant star; N. V. ST. (Numismatischen Vereinigung Stuttgart) in exergue.
Issuer: Stuttgart Numismatic Association.
Specifications: silver klippe, specimen (special strike), 20x20 mm. Undated (1904).
Grade: PCGS SP64, cert #39720497.
Reference: PCGS #823109.
Provenance: ex-Dennis Semisalov ("ddddd" on CoinTalk). Prior provenance to Stacks Bowers World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Lot 73526, 24 February 2021.*
Notes: Quoting the Stacks Bowers description: "A rather attractive, unusual, and fairly SCARCE medal that is part of a series of holiday klippes issued by the association there."
Comments: The intricate cityscape, square klippe shape, attractive toning, and semi-prooflike luster drew me to this piece.