Wow, that's a great coin and excellent write-up @AnYangMan ! I can post two relevant coins. The first is an ordinary Samanid AE fals, in the...
Thanks for posting a very informative piece about this often-ignored Parthian vassal. I posted a much shorter article (almost a squib) on a later...
Sure, but remember to bring old (pre-1939) cash back with you so you can buy things. Otherwise, they are going to look at your new-design paper...
The design looks like it is from the Byzantine Empire, which ended with the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Unfortunately I don't...
The first thing to do is to assign your coin the proper Sellwood number. (I consider any Parthian coin sold without its correct Sellwood number...
I've seen various imitations of Athenian coinage struck by other kingdoms and tribes (Bactrians, Arabians, etc.) but the style is completely wrong...
Most of the coins are from Egypt. On the bottom row, rightmost is from China and second-from-right (with the grapes) is from Israel. I am busy...
Well, no. Travel _forward_ in time doesn't damage items, as that is the normal direction they should travel anyway; it's only when objects are...
The scratch on the back of my left hand was starting to hurt. Hope it doesn't get infected, I thought to myself, followed by, Why didn't I bring...
Too bad about the scratches, otherwise a nice example of a very beautiful design. I own a well-circulated example, my only problem was falling in...
Correction: #5 is indeed of Guangxu (1875-1908) and not Xuantong because I can't read. Stupid brain! :yack:
All your coins are Qing dynasty. My tentative IDs (emperor IDs are solid, mint for #2 not so much): 1. Jiaqing (1796-1820), mint of Baoding in...
Marcus Aurelius would be my vote for most personally admirable, a true philosopher-emperor. His only flaw would be leaving the empire to his...
#4: I have a couple of Taiping coins that I bought from Frank Robinson, who I trust to distinguish fakes, and they show similar crudeness to your...
There was a Bollywood movie made of the romance between Akbar and Jodhaa, called appropriately enough "Jodhaa Akbar". In this scene, Jalal ad-Din...
Some day I may get tired of posting my Julius Caesar lifetime denarius, minted January/February 44 BC, ex- @Sallent collection... but that day is...
I am in no way an expert in cash, and while I can spot more obvious fakes better-made ones may easily elude me. That said, none of your coins...
The obverse die is definitely Fuld 28- that's the only one of this type with ES at the base. In my copy of Fuld, the only reverse listed as...
Very nice OP coin, and it gives me an excuse to post my JC portrait coin again: [ATTACH] Prices have definitely been heading up in the last few...
Thanks to everyone who was part of the contest this year, I had fun again participating even if I didn't manage to fool that many people. What I...
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