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>>57437732
>hemitetartemorion* (0.1g)

Nice, ancient smol change is based. I hope you don't sneeze when you open 'er up kek. Post-SHTF even enthusiastic 10/10 FWTDHWs ain't earning more than a thin hemiobol for 24hrs of full service so it's good to have lighter and more sensible payment options in the stack.

>>57304930
>How did you find them?
I've picked up 4 different Ptolemaic Egyptian drachms over time from people selling off collections on eBay, they're popular but not that rare so you can get nice ones for under $200. Their more rare big brother is the Octobol (1 and 1/3 drachm) which'll weigh in at 90+g and set you back a grand for a nice one.

>>56822714
>I found myself enjoying more the fatty coins as of late, and gauls/myriad of tribes with weird names in that area weren't really good at this kek.

Quite understandable that you prefer the chunkybois, tetradrachms are large enough to still impress people who are used to modern coinage. My first hemidrachm really tripped me out with how small it felt relative to all the relatively modern coins I was used to, but my brain was recalibrated as I got more familiar with them and now it no longer registers. I probably would've been completely flabbergasted if I got a tiny tetartemorion (1/24th of a drachm) before that first hemidrachm.

>, i'm too afraid to witness the wreckage. All i now is it's no bueno.

Fack that sucks man, I too have slept through some amazing deals or gotten screwed by auction ending times that I didn't realize were all practically simultaneous but it's a learning experience that'll make you do better next time. I *highly* recommend using an auction sniping service like www.gixen.com, you can use it to a limited degree for free but the subscription is cheap, it's paid for itself many hundreds of times over. Sitting around the computer anxiously waiting to bid on things kinda sucks, setting everything up well ahead of time and spending your time doing other things is way more pleasant and efficient. Auction snipers are a real godsend for intrepid cheapie slurpers.

>>56204389
>I think my most expensive coin(s) was/were like $200-250 or so (Cuban ABC Peso, Swiss 5F, etc)
>By $/oz it's definitely my Panama Pill.
Why is it called the "ABC" peso? Panama pills are based, if you like babbysilbers you should look for the little 1/4 Real coins issued by various central/south American countries, Guatemalan ones are most common but places like Peru issued some with nothing but a Llama on one side, they're sweet.

>>56204647
Who is selling slabbed old numismatics for melt value? If everything checks out you should back up the truck.

>>55334022
>any clue what we got here? Hemiobols? Hemitetartemorion?
Yep the heaviest few there are Hemiobols and small fractions of staters or Achaemenid sigloi, the smaller ones are Tetartemoria, hemitetartemoria, and even a few 1/4 tetartemorion (1/16th obol or 1/96th drachm) specks, extrapolating from their 30-40mg weight anyway. Imagine trying to keep track of those things. I'm sure it was hard enough to avoid losing the "tiny" half dimes or 3 cent silvers of more modern times, but the tedium of sifting through the dirt or grass to recover a 3-4mm speck was probably wasted effort half the time. I'm sure the widespread mintage and use of larger bronze coins for small denominations by the 4th century BC was a welcomed improvement.

>>54815316
Baby silvers are so cool. I really need to find some 0.47g 11mm Maundy 1 pences, your 1.5 pence colonial coin is great too I need one as well.

>>54786687
>>54786698
>>54786706

Are you Yukarifren? I recall seeing some pics of the half the past few days and apologize for not responding. Old US silver is based and redpilled and coins like that have proven to be good investments with sound returns over time. When that half was minted it circulated as legal tender alongside the silver coins of other nations, a standard which persisted until 1857, and while those other coins have been repatriated or melted that coin yet remains. Fondle it well and heartily fren, it has seen many things and needs to be touched to glean its secrets.

>>54356850
>Note I specified modern though
My bad.
>Often though the designs are the same as on the bigger stuff, and IMHO downsizing is kind of cheating.
I agree with this too. Modern small bullion is basically just less detailed versions of bigger coins, but sometimes I think it works better. I prefer the look of the 1/4 ozt gold buffalos over the way more common full size ones.
>if LMUs can have a low premium, why not modern?
I always hear it's harder to make the smaller coins? Not even sure if that's true. If it is, the lmu's are old enough to where if it did cost more to make them it doesn't even matter anymore.

>>54236396
>D... does this mean I can post my coin finds here as long as the coin is sufficiently interesting and valuable?

Why not? There has always been coinposting here. Some anons are weight-stacker purists that get mildly butthurt about numisperging but I personally enjoy balancing my cheapie bars and sterling with cool old coins, post 'em up.

>>53589807
Yep, the ancient Greeks knew how to cut some small change. My smallest is only about 1/1,000th of a troy ounce, 1/96th of a silver drachm. As you can imagine they must have been tough to keep track of so by the 4th century BC fiat bronze coins for the smallest denominations became standard in most places. I have some bronzes that are barely 1/3rd of a gram and assume they represented an even smaller fraction of a drachm than the tiniest silvers. Collecting the extremes is interesting, minuscule silvers and huge coppers are fun to fondle.

>>52276099
>tats
I wouldn't pay that slag even 1/100th of a merc dime for a BJ.

>>52276266
I'm sure we're all very curious to see what else you come up with, hopefully you can find a formerly hidden bedrock crack somewhere the old-timers missed and rip out some glorious chunkers. My local gold district kinda sucks so I'm more interested in getting the overlooked glacial gold from bedrock pockets in creeks back around my hometown, got some promising leads for next summer.

>>51483809
>15 cents is 3 dimes or 7.5 grams of 90% silver

Wut? In Panama in 1904 15 centesimos was 7.5g of .900, 3 US dimes weighing 7.5g of .900 would be 30 cents not 15.

>>50156280
>Always warms my heart

Luv my crowns but smolbois make me happiest, I need to keep collecting the different 19th century baby silvers out there

>>50119649
>At what point does it cease to be a coin and start to be a bead?

Heh, not sure but the smallest ones I've come across only weigh about 30 milligrams. That's my target price for FWTDHWs, an entire merc is far too much silver for any lowly thot.

>>49599373
>smoll coins

Luv m'chunkies but smolbois are kino