My last coin of 2016 arrived today and is probably the cheapest coin ever offered at an auction that charges a 15% buyer's fee and $6.25 shipping...
This AE1 of Julian II from the Heraclea mint has had a hard life. I pulled it out of a $7 box at a show a couple years ago and it looked better...
I decided to go with the Zumbly style list of coins under $100 from those received in 2016. First is a coin between $90 and $99: There are...
I'm glad to have seen so many of you posting your favorite 2016 acquisitions. I have been holding off in expectation of a coin I know will make...
Today's mail brought my winnings from the recent Frank Robinson sale. A couple of them are in the running for places in my year end top ten...
The Baltimore show provided me with only two Greek coins. One I like and one I bought for poor reason - to be more like Steve. First is an AR...
I have several coins of Philip and family from Antioch and many have the name of the mint spelled out at the bottom of the reverse. There was one...
My next Baltimore coin brought a friend. Neither is in good condition but I like the style. I paid too much but finding the same coins without...
I went to Baltimore knowing I would get nothing worthwhile since so many of you were going Friday and would take all the good stuff. I ended up...
The question of copper and silver sticking to each other (bonding or adhesive was the question?) came up in that other thread but I'm starting a...
I can't seem to stay away from cheap coins that speak out to me. At the show, my guilt of having traded away a left facing Claudius II drove me...
I found this Geta appealing in spite of and partly because of its faults. Some letters are weakly struck including part of the name. The coin...
My coin show today provided me with many choices but these two seemed like coins some of you might like. I couldn't seek your approval in advance...
I had some free time this afternoon so I played. Tomorrow is a coin show so I hope not to have any free time then! The image below shows six...
Recently we saw a coin of Nero with Salus reverse flagged as a fake in another thread. [IMG] Mikey, FYI the Nero you posted is a modern...
In the thread on favorites we saw: WOW, I was not aware that AR Imperials were struck without portraits! and this really wonderful example of a...
I like monsters on coins. I have a strong collection of coins depicting Medusa and the gorgoneion. Since we have a new Coin Talker who expressed...
Among the great rarities of the 11th century Byzantine coppers are coins that were struck on metal that had not been used for coins previously....
About a year ago a favorite dealer had two very nice Byzantine silver coins and I was completely lacking in anything similar to them. The cheaper...
Every so often we have questions about owls from Athens and many show are modern fakes. The coins were so popular even in their day that some...
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