I knew that there were some PVC residue deposits on the obverse of this coin when I bought it. The reverse was PVC deposit free. [ATTACH] I was...
I assume this information is credible. I just saw a classical owl on eBay that sold for over $7,000. Here's a link:...
I am not sure if I posted this coin in another thread. I don't have an earlier jpg file of it, so I took a photo of it today. If this coin did...
Here's a coin that I've owned for while, since November 1990. It is a dated 8 reales cob of Potosi, 1617, that was salvaged from the Atocha....
I've been drifting around lately, pottering around the house, reorganizing the dust bunnies (who are unionized now), reading, thinking about...
My situation with US Customs at JFK rolls on, just like the shimmering sand dunes of the desert, with no clear end in sight. I am not very...
I've been kind of out of circulation, in a bit of funk, really, mainly due to this business with the US Customs. But, I have reached the point...
Back in November 2018, I purchased an imitative owl from Ars Coins of Vienna, via MA Shops. The coin was described as a Pharaonic Kingdom...
I just received a letter from US Customs and Border Protection, informing me that an ancient coin that I ordered from Athena Numismatics, Canada,...
Two more tetradrachms came in today, one long overdue from Germany and the other very rapidly from Tennessee. The owl from Germany is a classical...
I love to collect coins with interesting countermarks. Not only are the countermarks often challenging to interrupt, they also provide...
I am slowly getting around to photographing more coins, and today I finished taking images of my follis from the brief period of joint rule by...
The coinage that we collect is often filled with symbolism, reflecting the times in which they were produced. The "Willow Thaler" of Hesse-Kassel...
As with any ancient coin, the more detail the better, especially the prevalence of irregular flans, off-center strikes, die engraving of varying...
This follis is quite encrusted, with rough surfaces. It has been a difficult coin to photograph, and I am not sure if the Ren Wax treatment has...
I just want to give CT members a heads-up regarding shipments from Germany to the US by Deutsche Post. April 20, 2021 "Merchandise shipments for...
Here's a coin that I have posted before, but today I worked on it some more, for the last time, I think, in an effort to "improve" its appearance....
From today's news from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56508475 [MEDIA]
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/01/arabian-coins-found-in-us-may-unlock-17th-century-pirate-mystery
Here's an interesting article in today's Guardian:...
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