If you're interested in learning grading one of the best books out there is the ANA Standards guide......
Here's your chance to own it. Teletrade's auctioning it off... http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2409&lot=1258
Nice post Dru. Salem certainly gets some nice hoards in, it's one of his specialties.
It's interesting that there's stuff in the hoard from as far away as Afghanistan.
They look better than the business strikes, but they still look more like some kind of token than a coin.
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The books recommended so far are good. Another would be The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins by David Van Meter. Another good resource for you...
What a piece of junk. The Trajan they have listed is just as bad & they aren't the first tooled coins they've sold. They sold a Vespasian for...
With $1,000 I'd probably be more likely to buy 10 $100 coins than 1 $1,000 coin, but if I had to spend $1,000 on just one coin it'd probably be an...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Hostilian
As far as I'm concerned the buyers part of the deal isn't over just because they paid which is what most of the folks who feel feedback is being...
It's a beauty :thumb:
I like that von Görres coin. Looks like another one I'll have to put on my to buy list.
Yes it is
Thanks guys. BTW, it's graded MS62 (ANACS).
Yes it does
Maybe not cleaned, maybe polished? It's a nice looking cent IMO. Don't know if a TPG would grade it or bag it, but IMO I'd leave it raw. With...
Just bought a new addition for my Type Set. What do ya think? [IMG]
I've only won maybe three or four auctions there, but each time I've been pleased with the transaction. It's like buying slabbed coins anywhere...
According to the footnotes in RIC 183 has 3-4 badges and 198 has 3-7 badges. Also the legend break on the reverse is different, 183 has...
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