To be fair, talking of stocks or crypto is not the same conversation about coins. One is a way to speculate and make money, the other a passionate...
I get the same. Everyone asks me how I know they are real, then kind of roll their eyes like I am an idiot when I explain. :(
The thing is, most of us here never collected when younger. I collected while young, took a little break for cars/girls, then came back. most...
But how do you know they are cleaning them? Maybe I am missing something. TONS of world coins were cleaned over the years. How do we know these...
Yeah, they stopped teaching ancient history a long time ago. They have less interest or ties to it. They always taught it poorly, but at least I...
I would concentrate on the monogram and look for similar coins between 390-550 if it were me.
You dang right. I might not have a clue what I own, but by gosh they are all important to me! :)
Beautiful portraiture. Greek coins, especially from Sicily, have to be said to be the most beautiful of all coins. However, I have to give best...
OP, I think the box of 20 idea comes from that is how many slabs fit into a standard PCGS or NGC box. The idea is your whole collection fits in...
I agree. Early Roman and some greek areas, (especially classically greek), are our main areas we know what the coins were called. Coins are...
I believe it was answered that Octodrachm in relation to the gold piece is really a lazy misnomer by some numismatists. It was called a Mnaieion...
Yeah, I never heard why they are not considered tetrastaters or something. The Ptolemaic empire was Greek, so you would think their gold coins...
OP, I do believe our very own supermoderator here @GDJMSP wrote a book on these actually. I would start with Doug if I ever wanted to know about...
Knowing this changes my mind a little. Seems like they bought it as the lower gold coin. So, they are not really out anything since they must have...
Storefront shops are mainly for buying nowadays. Gives non-coin collectors security they are selling grandpas coins to a legitimate business...
So what? You were able to find someone who wanted wood removed, and you provided labor and got to keep the wood. What does that have to do with...
I would report it sir. The German coin will be worth more than the Austria one, and I would let the dealer know they made a mistake. There is a...
Its definitely a surge in physical demand. This surge always creates physical shortages since they were not geared up for that demand. However,...
Same trope trotted out all of the time by the PM pushers. First, PM has not always been valued by humans. It was taught behavior, with the...
OP, I highly recommend reading Warren Esty's excellent essays concerning ancient coins. Bottom line to me is, it can be unique but if there is...
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