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The mention of the omega mark makes me wonder how long ancient coins remained in circulation. Would a first century A.D. Roman occasionally find a 5th century B.C. coin in his change?

I think it's an elegant design.

I think you're onto something. You should take it to a local coin dealer

Beautiful. How big is it?

Very nice, Ian.

All lovely. What would cause one to have significant wear?

I appreciate the thorough response and I expected that analogy. I wish I were still in college where I had access to an electron microscope; I could pop a coin inside and zoom in nice and close on the raised lettering. In reality, it's probably a mixture of both. The harder, more abrasive environments of streets, vending machines, and dirty pockets make more scientific sense to me. However, I have been pulling some late nights for work this week and am not thinking as clearly as I prefer!

How do you like the new scanner? Do these images give the jetons justice?

You are indeed right, Art. Ever since I started using a credit card about 4 years ago, I haven't used cash or debit much because of the reward points and the security.

Hey man, is it possible you can place a normal dime next to these coins? It'll help us compare them.

I really like the last two, especially the last one.

Without having a reference image in front of me, that looks like a large date

Good evening, Have you googled the coin to see what the weight should be? That's the first thing I'd do. Also, I think there are various "scratch" tests you can do to see if something is really gold.

As a materials engineer and a coin collector, I've never ever heard of that effect and politely point out that it's probably wrong. Can you point me to some literature that shows that?

How do you redeem those?!

In all my years of collecting, I haven't heard it explained this way. It makes more sense than "a doubled die shows the image rotated slightly around a common center whereas a double strike shows doubling laterally or vertically". That may still be right, but the "same depth" explanation makes sense, too. However, it doesn't help when there is significant wear on the coin.

OR Give it to a youngster that has never seen a 50 year old coin with an unfamiliar design (reverse)!

WOW!!! I need to spend more cash!!

Well that's morbid but the obverse is interesting!

Good information. Thank you for sharing.

When you flip the coin over on the horizontal axis (i.e. hold the coin by the left and right sides, then rotate it so the bottom goes over the top), does the image stay in the correct orientation?

Whatcha looking for?

Welcome to Coinpeople! What a nice find! I haven't seen one of those in years.

Very nice What don't you like about them?

Hmm... Can't see the pic!