I agree... this coin is very nice but wow, that was a drastically strong price. I looked twice when I first saw it online as it is so similar in...
Prices were uniformly very strong although I managed to buy two lots at a significant discount to their prior sales price. It's often helpful to...
That is absolutely ridiculous.
I submitted them a couple weeks apart (first from the auction photo and then after I received the coin) and each was independently processed. This...
I agree, and, in a perfect world, it'd be possible to browse near-matches to find possible hits rather than assuming the algorithm's parameters...
Another factor is photography: are you taking pictures yourself or using auction house photos? Ex-Numis operates on image recognition and even...
Congratulations! A very attractive coin; and the bend also doesn't bother me at all.
Indeed! I've spent a fair amount of money buying catalogs myself, paying for experts to look for pedigrees, and using the Ex-Numis service (which...
It's more than just the insurance of it being genuine (there are certainly fake coins even with early pedigrees). A lengthy pedigree makes the...
I know the buyer that just bought the coin: he was well aware of the Heritage and Stacks sales prices (didn't bid on them in those auctions). The...
I'm very particular about coins and honestly, that scratch doesn't bother me. Congratulations on a great addition!
https://www.vcoins.com has many, then there's CNG, Harlan Berk, and various auction houses on Sixbid/Numisbids/others. That's an offer I...
For some of the coins you've been buying, a significant portion of the cost is the slab itself. Buying from reputable sources mitigates the risk...
That's fascinating! I wonder how a die study would choose to visualize this. A perfect fit for a top 2021 for you.
Running some quick CoinArchives searches for [Emperor name][aureus] which produces a lot of noise but at least give a proportional view:...
That Nero in the first post used to be my coin; I sold it privately to the "Monaco Collection" collector as the flan flaw and poor centering were...
A superb writeup indeed! I've just shared this coin recently but this thread is far better than mine so I'll add my example here too: [ATTACH]
Congrats, @savitale , that reverse style is superb!
I unfortunately haven't yet started that side-collection, but I will certainly share pieces when they find their way here :-)
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