I'm not sure why this thread that I started almost a year and a half ago was re-activated, but it concerned a coin being offered at auction at...
I use the clock designation for die orientation of coins in my collection, but then I have coins where determining the orientation is impossible,...
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If he's that busy, I agree with cpm9ball and would ask for the immediate return of the coins. If they are good quality as you state, I think your...
Hoover's highest rarity rating is R3: "Extremely Rare. One or two examples only are believed to be extant. R3 coins are generally found in...
Hoover's R2 rating for gold and silver coins is described as "Very Rare. Within a range of more than 2; generally less than 25 extant examples."...
Bing: It is listed in Hoover, Volume 4 under "trihemiobols (c. 1.5g)" on page 146, number 474. It is listed as R2 = Very Rare...3-24 extant examples!
I am tempted to buy the coin, so I can destroy it and guarantee that it will never raise its ugly (eagle) head again!
This Akragas hemilitron purchased by Theodosius [ATTACH] was discussed in this thread...
I collect silver, so will have to wait until the next volume, where I believe at least one of my coins will be illustrated. The first volume...
So, YOU'RE one of the culprits. I treat my books like sacred objects. My family used to laugh and say when I finished a book, it still looked...
I agree, Sallent. I used to collect the Severan family and that is an unusually nice portrait of Septimius. The most striking aspect, and what I...
I had been looking for a Gela tetradrachm for awhile, too, Collect89. I finally bought mine on May 22 in Nomos 12, Zurich. It is dated about 30...
Nicholas may wish to clarify this, but the first volume covers bronze coinage of the man-faced bull. I believe the other two volumes will cover...
The 3rd coin appears to be a bronze or base metal fake of a Lysimachus tetradrachm with Poseidon. If silver, it should be about 17 grams, and it...
I'm glad it is finally printed and available, Nick. I just sent my email order for a hardbound copy. Now get to work on those other two volumes!...
[ATTACH] Purchased January 9, 2015 from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. at the New York International Numismatic Convention. Ex: Fritz Rudolf Kunker GmbH,...
Mat: nice example of the "Jimmy Durante" variety: [IMG]
It's described in the references as a cicada, not a bee: [IMG] As to the condition, I've never seen a finer one, which is why I bid very strongly...
Don't waste your time, TypeCoin. Marshall McLuhan had it right back in the 1950's when he called it the "vast wasteland"...some things never...
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