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    Baltimore Whitman Expo, Nov 5th-8th... who's going?

    I am going with my buddy on Friday and I am worn out after about 3 hours of looking. Bargain bin ancients are my focus, and I always come home...
    Post by: coolhandred, Nov 1, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    How do we get eBay to treat sellers fairly again?

    I have been selling on eBay since the beginning, and have over 200 items listed in my store at the moment. Have I dealt with bad buyers? Yup....
    Post by: coolhandred, Oct 19, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Freed some Friends! (1) EMPIRE

    I crack every slabbed ancient coin I acquire. A while ago I was in a friends shop when he mentioned he had picked up a couple of slabbed ancients...
    Post by: coolhandred, Aug 30, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Arise, All Ye Modern Collectors and Stem The Tide of The Onslaught of The Ancient Fellows

    Ancient coins are fascinating and I always learn something new by following the ancient coin threads. I really discover little Numismatic...
    Post by: coolhandred, Aug 9, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    EBay, Amazon, Heritage, or.....?

    I have sold coins and collectibles in many different venues; flea markets, antique co-ops, antique shows, coin shows, and through specialized coin...
    Post by: coolhandred, Aug 9, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Reserve prices and sales strategies

    Knowledgeable sellers know what price they want for an item. Wasting your time incremental bidding shows you are looking to get a piece on the...
    Post by: coolhandred, Aug 2, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    eBay Question...

    Cancel the sale as the item is "not as described." The seller should have stated the photo was a "stock" photo and not the actual item. Stock...
    Post by: coolhandred, Aug 1, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Assault on collecting

    I am not necessarily a conspiracy sort, but by signing the petition gives the powers that be your name, and thus a person who has an interest in...
    Post by: coolhandred, Jul 26, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Help identifying these Ancient coin references

    Thanks guys! One additional question: Are these written in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Rusyn, Ukrainian or Russian Cyrillic? And does anyone know a...
    Post by: coolhandred, Jul 16, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Help identifying these Ancient coin references

    Anyone familiar with these references? What are the titles of these books?
    Thread by: coolhandred, Jul 15, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Your opinion of this coin...

    Here is an assessment of the design from Talisman Coins that I totally agree with: "In 1897 Oscar Roty began a revolution that soon spread across...
    Post by: coolhandred, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Your opinion of this coin...

    Here is another sculpture, by Hermon A MacNeil who was the designer of the Standing Liberty Quarter, which suggests a raised arm in a composition...
    Post by: coolhandred, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Your opinion of this coin...

    [IMG] The obverse of the coin is poorly composed. The lettering of "LIBERTY" is totally out of scale as is the flag. These design elements crowd...
    Post by: coolhandred, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Indian Auction Win! - Raja Raja Chola

    I love seeing that band saw freeing that coin. Nothing looks better than PVC saw dust! Why crack that slab, when you can slice one open.
    Post by: coolhandred, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins