This coin was actually characterized by an "expert" auctioneer as an off-center strike which was not worthy of collecting. He then offered to...
Here is the side view [ATTACH]
This coin is ex lanz 150, lot 32 and is currently auctioned by lanz in ebay. I post a better photo of the coin. [ATTACH]
Probably my favorite one, it has the deepest strike I ever saw. The dot in the center of theta pops out like a nipple. It could have been an...
I consider "unique" as a temporary feature before the second one pops up. It is, however, a wonderful experience to be the first one to attribute...
Or maybe the biggest scam in the history of Greek coin collecting
It's a very nice type and yours of particularly nice style since Nike is usually rather crude. Your coin has a slightly older provenance to a...
Not really a common person, but my first thought: [ATTACH]
My intention was not at all to ruin your enjoyment of your coin. I initially didn't even respond specifically to you. If you ever go through the...
I was trying to say that the possibility of having someone coming up with a photofile of stolen objects from the museum of xyzburg or from a...
In the almost 2000 years of its existence the coin might have changed hands violently several times. I don't think it's worth to speculate about...
Of course any auction house can choose to not accept you as a bidder but this sounds like punishing (!?) you for describing your bad experience -...
Sent you a private message, I think you could conclude this thread :-)
IMHO the best result you could hope to get is VF strike 3/5 surface 2/5, and in terms of value the coin is below 200$ so I don't think grading...
I don't see anything suspicious. Drachms are usually porous, however, I can't recall ever seeing pitting, but that's perhaps because such examples...
Hmmm, that's an interesting view which I never heard before. So what kind of a dispute would you have in mind? Is the image supposed to be a...
Is it my impression or the posts of the owner have been deleted from this thread? This also happened to the posts of the owner of papillon in the...
I believe that on average, a collector should be extremely happy if it's possible to get back what he/she paid even without an inflation...
Of course auctioneers and bidding or advertising platforms have made up the terms in their favour, conveniently excluding themselves of liability...
The coin I posted is from an auction that was just published. It is fake as explained earlier in this thread but it keeps circulating in auctions....
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