I do have to say, at least in regards to repairing the hole, I do like the work. Yes, I would want it noted ALWAYS its a repaired coin, but in all...
As crazy as it may seem to someone who makes their living off of coins, maybe he "enjoys" talking about coins. Yeah, old thread but seems tone...
I too worry about Spink listing this unless they have some provenance they accept as it being of period. Sure looks like a ton of bad fakes and...
I won a lot in a German auction recently. Unfortunately I only won one group. Shipping was 45 Euro for DHL. I was pissed but paid it. It showed up...
Honestly, one of my favorite ways to collect. Buy stuff, (like a nice group lot), look at them and put them aside. 3 years later, pick up lot and...
OP, that is one of the joys of getting older. I buy buy buy right now, figuring I will have the luxury of getting "new" coins daily from my SDB...
I have seen this, but honestly I believe it toned due to air exposure and not the blue box. I say this since I have seen the same in all forms of...
NGC if I remember stopped doing these a while ago. I thought they were interesting, but too bulky myself.
Many people wish they had the answer sir. Problem is, it depends is always the only answer possible. Is it a badly cleaned example of a common...
No one disagrees, I believe, the bad old days were worst. Massively overgraded coins, cleaned coins not disclosed, etc. My only "wish" would be...
Oh, I have no doubt that many collectors have, and have always had, wishful thinking grading on their minds. Arguing about a grade is kind of...
Mac, more of us do not like most of the games played with TPGs than you think. Some very outspoken members who refuse to divulge how they make a...
Nice pickups. Where did you go? My wife is from Lampang, up by Chieng Mai. We went to Phuket last time. I collect mainly pre-flat coinage of...
Thankfully they are fairly common. In demand, yes, but availability is pretty high. I have gotten two of them in group lots over the years. Cool...
If it is authentic, (and I doubt), it would have to be a local imitation as I have never seen anything like that reverse on a Byzantine coin. I...
Don't have a picture here. I wrote a couple of years ago the Incans copied the Azteca, but I was wrong. I now believe the Aztecs copied the...
1000% agree sir. I have read the same. I am actually torn about the origins of Indian numismatics. I know it was introduced fairly early though...
US coins forum is only that. Coin chat can be about any coin from any country or any era. I find it helpful when discussing attributes of coins,...
Always be careful on dating of coins from China. Its a national pride thing, they always want to claim to be the first and best at everything....
Maybe rare reverses. I said I could be corrected concerning the rarity of the piece, and someone posted it was a rarer Antioch mint. I know the...
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