Even if I were qualified and interested (neither of which is the case!), the payment per coin would have to be considerable to make me want to...
What a lovely coin! I wonder how much Stack's charged for it back in 1990.
Thanks. Now that I know what it's for, I ordered a bottle. I have a couple of coins with green spots I'd like to treat. That thread serves as a...
Could someone please either explain what you use it for, or point me to a previous discussion of that subject?
Beautiful. What's the first one?
Here is a link to Frank Robinson's blog post about this year's NYINC in January:...
I did the same exact thing at first!
Also, I noticed that @jamesicus was mentioned in this thread. I see that he hasn't been here since last July. I'm almost afraid to ask, but has...
Another person I didn't realize was (or is) a Coin Talk member. I have one coin from @Sallent: Probus, billon tetradrachm, 277-278 AD (Year 3),...
Wow. Fantastic coins! He must have left before I joined two years ago.
Thanks!
PS: is the name Steve Peterson (see my post) familiar to anyone?
Plus two from the Thessalian League under Roman control, both ex. the BCD Collection: Thessalian League (under Roman Republic from 146 BCE,...
Here is a relevant coin. It wasn't so easy to find a shield this nicely centered. Boeotia (Boeotian League, including Thebes), AR Stater 379-338...
Thanks for all the links! As one of our provenance experts, do you happen to know approximately when auction catalogs were first illustrated,...
I have a coin that I was informed was ex JB DePew (one of four "exes" for the coin in total!), purchased at a JAZ auction: Roman Republic, P....
Thank you. I think the dots you mention -- which I hadn't noticed -- are on the reverse of my specimen of Prieur 1533, and CNG's specimen of...
@Curtis, that's a wonderful and extremely impressive timeline! I'm curious as to how many coins you have for which that much detail is possible. I...
That's Frank. His photos have always been like that. One must take the good and the bad together!
Thanks to all of you who explained the murex shell. I thought it might be something like that. As good as a mint mark when present, it seems.
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