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Cherd liked Bing's post in the thread First Ancient Greek venture.
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Mar 25, 2023 at 12:50 AM
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Cherd liked expat's post in the thread First Ancient Greek venture.
My first encounter with Greek issues. Picked these up to see if I could ID them. For only 2 Euros per coin I couldn't go wrong. Amisos,...
Mar 25, 2023 at 12:50 AM
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Cherd liked Mountain Man's post in the thread A Question of Ethics - Holes In The Dansco.
I think @Cherd 's suggestion is worthy of the "Best Answer," but that button is no longer available. It's a great idea to have a photo...
Mar 24, 2023 at 5:51 PM -
Cherd replied to the thread I want to try my hand at cleaning.
Might be a mistake, but in my experience, making mistakes tends to be a valuable part of learning processes. My initial assumption is...
Mar 24, 2023 at 1:47 PM -
Cherd attached a file to the thread A Question of Ethics - Holes In The Dansco.
One option is to empty all of the holes and get all of the coins in slabs. Probably not a useful suggestion, but it would solve the...
Mar 24, 2023 at 1:22 PM
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Cherd liked Julius Germanicus's post in the thread IYO what is the most estically eye pleasing roman coins.
The most eye-pleasing coin in my collection is this Sestertius of Macrinus: [ATTACH]
Mar 24, 2023 at 12:27 PM
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Cherd liked Limes's post in the thread IYO what is the most estically eye pleasing roman coins.
It goes without saying its subjective, but it's interesting to read everyone's preferences. I follow the taste of @The Meat man: a big...
Mar 24, 2023 at 12:26 PM
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Cherd liked The Meat man's post in the thread IYO what is the most estically eye pleasing roman coins.
@sand and @Cherd Here is a bit more history behind the coin, from this online CoinWeek article: Hadrian “Medallic” Sestertius 135 CE...
Mar 23, 2023 at 10:14 PM -
Cherd replied to the thread IYO what is the most estically eye pleasing roman coins.
I had the same response. When I initially scrolled down on it, I thought "Damn @The Meat man ! Now that is a coin!" Then when I saw the...
Mar 23, 2023 at 10:06 PM -
Cherd liked sand's post in the thread IYO what is the most estically eye pleasing roman coins.
Wow. It's a beautiful coin. But, two million dollars for a Hadrian sesterius in 2008? Sure, it has a beautiful style of portrait, and it...
Mar 23, 2023 at 10:02 PM -
Cherd liked The Meat man's post in the thread IYO what is the most estically eye pleasing roman coins.
That's a tough question to answer. Roman coins, unlike the earlier Greek coins, tended to be focused more on Imperial messaging and...
Mar 23, 2023 at 10:01 PM
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Cherd liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread Woohoo! I won! She's mine!.
Took some fight, but I prevailed. Had to have this one. It checks off the three main criteria I was after: (1) Straight-graded. (2)...
Mar 23, 2023 at 8:23 PM -
Cherd replied to the thread What are the best coins for grading?.
Fair enough. But I guess with cards the difference between a 9 and a 10 represents 10% of the total scale. Whereas with coins, the...
Mar 23, 2023 at 8:19 PM -
Cherd attached a file to the thread IYO what is the most estically eye pleasing roman coins.
That is a nice looking coin for sure! The thing that I like about sestertii is that they don't have to be in all that great condition,...
Mar 23, 2023 at 8:15 PM