Perhaps you can assign that project to one of the coin collecting kids??? BTW did you notice that the Baltimore show is not held on Sunday this...
I prefer selfie avatars that show the person or at least something that identifies their character so we can imagine we are meeting face to face....
My offering is just a bit different. The reverse figure is Liberalitas with the coin counter but the legend is LIBERTAS AVG. The die cutter was...
I had no idea these were special either. Mine came from Don Zauche in 2012. [ATTACH]
I know mine is not from the 70's because it was heavily worn when I got it in the 60's. Leitz made the best microscopes for years before they...
These were cut on the coins quite a while after the coins were struck! The boys were young and Septimius was alive when these were made. There...
Justinian made coins in many denominations and many standards so you can find one the size you want. 10 nummi year 34 Antioch [ATTACH]...
Good summary of the method. More important than autofocus is the fact that tubes with contacts allow focusing with the lens wide open where depth...
These incidental scratches removed a countermark from this Stratonicaea. What countermark? IDK [ATTACH]
Yes...but: If the disks were just held in place by friction and a coin were struck like the one here, I could see it doing considerable damage to...
Ground rules: 1. If there are two answers to a question, the correct one is not the one you would prefer. To be Damnatio, you can not possibly...
When you collect generally, many coins make sense. The question is whether you want a coin that is available now or want to wait and see if...
In the earlier Empire, the reverse was almost always the hammer die and that was what defined it as the reverse. In those days, brockages all...
Are there eagles on all 13 mints? Most coins just have a medallion --- or did this just wear off the bird?. [ATTACH]
Time is money in the business. Auction houses tend to have fancy camera rigs that produce generic lighting and really can't afford to customize...
Mine is a Valerian. [ATTACH]
That is a fine nose. While there will always be the standard grading considerations for wear, strike and surface, we seem to have a special...
Vote? OK, I'll vote for Elagabalus. I figure I have about a 50% chance of being right.
I asked two of the dealers how the show was for them. Both noted less traffic from people just looking but a higher percentage of people actually...
Today I went to my first Coin Show since 2019. I bought five coins and am now in my normal phase of regretting the purchase of a couple of them....
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