While I usually agree with zumbly in matters of collecting, I still prefer fourree coins without holes. I am happy my Taras is not holed. [ATTACH]
I am very interested in the answer to how many different combinations of dies exist but less in how many duplicates of both sides there are. It...
Cheap coins are faked, too. It is just a matter of losing money in smaller pieces at a time. eBay sells nothing. It is a venue on which buyers...
The link I posted shows the WRL mark. Yours is a different one. These are popular among replica makers for gift shops and fakers to sell to tourists.
This is a shot in the dark but the most common reproduction of this coin is the Westair at £2.15. The coin you are considering does not by chance...
Donna, that is a very attractive specimen with good centering and detail. Mine is from the A series. Notice on most of those shown here how the...
I don't see how anyone could plan something for January since too much can change in three months. I would not suggest making unrefundable...
Mine is a year older at year 14. Tyche is hardly special compared to Nike and eagles. [ATTACH] It bothers me a little that there are no year...
Yes to both. These are ten of my favorites. Velia stater [ATTACH] Neapolis, Macedon stater [ATTACH] Istros drachm [ATTACH] Larissa drachm...
I had not heard this meaning but I have not studied modern history to any degree so that is not surprising. When I hear Graeculus, I think of a...
My examples are green with envy for all the excellent coins shown in this thread. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A favorite Hercules of mine is this as of Caracalla with Bacchus (Liber) and Hercules. 204 AD COS LVD SAEC FEC [ATTACH]
The legend calls him Genius and I see nothing to suggest Hercules.
My only Ragusa item is a AR tallero (1 1/2 ducat) of 1776. Someone gave this well used coin to me many years ago and I do not remember the...
I never collected cameras other than the ones I used. In college I wanted to protect my good camera so I bought a old junker for $25 and used it...
As far as I am concerned, the best Probus that I will never own is the horsehead obverse. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=352082 [IMG]...
Notice also the position of the two priestly implements switched of the flipped version. One would expect some variations in a type issued in...
Half of my Augustus denarii are plated and I suggest everyone be wary of fourrees when buying coins of the last half of the first century BC and...
Nice coin and one I do not have! [IMG] I will show my two most rare coins from this mint. Venus is not rare but these two spell out the reverse...
As a child whose parents were divorced in 1953, I spent a lot of time alone at home ('latchkey kid') while my mother worked. Sometimes, to keep...
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