Oh wow, talk about a "crack-a-thon" LOL!! Like eating pistachios while watching Netflix :- ) Rasiel
The danger of busting the coin by stepping on it is that you can't predict which way the shards will go. If the crack breaks inward you risk...
Specifically, this one: http://www.coryssa.org/1551145
Scarce is a good word, yeah. I found 8 in Coryssa researching sales through 2013. Probably another couple or so since. Nice catch. My dream...
I honestly didn't know this was the way everyone did it. I've seen a lot of posts over the years about how to do it correctly and this was...
Yep, that was me the idiot :'- )
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I have no particular love for the coinage of Domitian but for my first book I chose this coin's obv for the cover. [ATTACH] It belongs...
I appreciate the sleuthing on these firms guys. Learned quite a bit! I'll contribute a little anecdote of my own. I had the pleasure to meet...
This is an embarrassment. You really flatter the [likely] Eastern European newbie who's cranking out these ersatz knockoffs by reposting it here....
I will probably pick the second one shown as a plate example in my next book. Which one is more desirable is subjective, yes, but what's a hundred...
It just occurred to me today that there's usually very little info on auction houses (or dealers) when they go out of business. They just stop and...
But to the part not yet addressed, is there some reason the Genetrici reverse should fetch higher prices? So far it seems consistent that it does....
Here's mine [ATTACH] For LRB research the best database by far is Coryssa Rasiel
While you had it did you ever get any comments? I mean, did anyone ever 'get it'?
I browsed over this thread. Note that most of the ones that he showed as significant had the dots at the end of the legend. In this case, yes,...
The Romans used these interpuncts the same way we use spaces between words; as an aid to facilitate reading. However, they were inconsistently...
High five!!
I want to clarify that I'm not recommending the OP try to do this. Just pointing out the obvious; that it's done and done frequently. Some will go...
Don't stress yourself out overmuch. All it takes is a couple of determined people after the same thing to drive the price up to the sillysphere!...
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