I picked up this Aurelian Antoninian for a grand total of EUR 12.50 (+ shipping of 1 EUR because I bought four other coins from the same seller)....
I got this coin in a Czech auction. It was cheap and I even forgot that I bought it until it arrived today. When I placed the bit, I didn't...
Very true, a poll is second best. The true preferences have long been revealed by the development of market prices. In a poll, the question...
The kind of die-link-analysis you mentioned above sounds pretty serious to me, especially if you also collect the material for the analysis.
For serious numismatic research there is of course no way past "decrepit rarities". I'm not a serious numismatic researcher, and I derive most of...
Yes, customs fees are the worst. When I receive a coin in Switzerland (I rarely do, because I use a shipping address in Germany), I receive a...
Yes, I had the same experience with Heritage, where shipping costs (over USD 100) exceeded the hammer price. I cancelled the transaction and never...
I think we have a different perception of "spectacular common coins" and "decrepit rarities". In my view, a "spectacular common coin" is never...
I strongly doubt that collectors who are looking for top condition are encouraging tooling and other forms of alterations. Instead, if anything it...
The more I think about it, the less the question of "decrepit rarity" vs. "spectacular common coin" seems to make sense. I think what is...
Great coin! Merovingian gold coins are going through the roof. I had an interest in the coin below, auctioned by Dix Noonan Webb. A triens from...
I think for most collectors rarity as such is not sought after. Most collectors look for attractive coins with especially attractive depictions...
I kind of hope that this never was a Hadrian sestertius, but that somebody just took any old brass disk and engraved a sestertius on it.
I know that Baldwin's also keeps records of fake coins and they also take them off the market. I think that is probably what all serious auction...
I think the auction house should not have graded the coin XF. I don't think such a grade is applicable to a coin that is so badly tooled.
And another one from the the Neussel collection: Obv: IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG Rev: FORTVNA REDVX / Z Mint: Rome Measurements: 3.39g, 20mm,...
Just realized, I also have a coin from the Dr. Walter Neussel collection: Obv.: IMP CP LIC GALLIENVS PF AVG Rev.: VICTORIAE AVGG IT GERM Mint:...
This coin is very common, but attractive (great condition, beautiful style). I like it a lot: [ATTACH] The coin below is exceptionally rare....
If that is the exchange rate, I prefer 100 common denari in EF over a decrepit Eid Mar denarius any time.:) At the end of the day it comes down...
I think the seller's statement can be translated to mean that "a coin like that one" was sold by NAC, not necessarily the same coin. I think in...
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