Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. I agree with the general consensus that the coin was cleaned at some point. It's too bad, because if it hadn't...
I've had this coin for quite a while, and a few years ago I posted it on this forum and did not receive a consensus on whether or not people...
I have a page on USACoinBook to sell coins: https://www.usacoinbook.com/members/ewomack/ Currently for Sale: 1939 D Walking Liberty 50¢ NGC MS...
Visiting coin shops effectively comes with experience. The only way to get experience is to get through some potentially awkward first experiences...
Another "20 Years Anarchy" emperor, Leontius overthrew Justinian II in 695, only to find himself overthrown by Tiberius III in 698. These were...
Yes, this arguably qualifies as a nicer specimen of the type. Many of the coins from roughly the first reign of Justinian II (685 - 695) to...
This is another example of "good enough for the type" since it emerged from that murky time between the late 7th and early 8th centuries, when the...
The worst impact of such things is that they might make people enter the hobby for the wrong reasons. Then they quickly find out it's a scam and...
Another "good enough for the type" example - decent examples of Justinian II seem hard to come by. I liked this one. An interesting emperor who...
An example of a "good enough for the type" of a Constantine VII follis. Often with Byzantines you have to take what you can get. [ATTACH]...
I visited Uruguay in the early 2000s and collected some currency from there. Nice country and good food. Here are some Uruguayan bills I have...
I have only one Julian "bull" coin [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Julian II (360 - 363) AE1 (BI Maiorina); Thessalonika Mint; Obv: DN FL CL IVLIANUS PF AUG;...
The signatures also changed with the series. The $2 is a later series 1928 D, which shows signatures of Julian and Morgenthau. The rest of the...
Interesting, I have not heard this before, but that might explain their relative high prices. Another forum had a discussion about these notes and...
This is what I find so fascinating about the 1928 series, the last series printed before the 1934 Gold Reserve Act. Did people actually turn in...
Yes. A thousand times yes. Experiencing and learning the selling process is the true key to this hobby. Doing so will save much heartache and...
If you mean why the dates on the bills have no pattern in their dates, or why didn't they just increment sequentially year by year, my...
This one has a small piece missing (or so it looks), but I liked the portrait enough to acquire it anyway. The A3 is an interesting class that,...
Someone in 7th century Sicily decided to turn an Anastasius follis into a Heraclius follis and Heraclius looks pretty pleased about it. They also...
You are correct on the date, it's 大正九年 "Taisho kyuu nen" or 1920. This dates back to when Japanese read right to left, which changed sometime...
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