Too true. I hand delivered a consignment to the FUN convention, it took six months, some hammered coins came back details "cleaned", they lost...
Great comment @physics-fan3.14 Absolutely agree with you and this is the answer I sought. Thank you !
Interesting comment @green18 . The original post was started because I am not clever or experienced enough to know what the stains are on my coin...
These are all very insightful answers and thank you @physics-fan3.14, @Vess1 and @KBBPLL . I'll report back @Neal I had never considered ANACS....
I am minded to agree with you @robinjojo. Besly reckoned they were given to very senior officers as some kind of commemorative service medal and I...
I have a really interesting coin which is a massive hammered Pound coin dated 1642 which I featured on another thread. It has quite a bit of...
Continuing on the date theme here is my Charles Pound coin for 1642. This coin caused me massive consternation as it looks as if it is the...
What an absolutely fabulous coin @robinjojo ! I cannot think of a better one.
I bought a large lot in Leu for one coin and overpaid because I secured a better example as a single lot. After my Forrest Gump moment I...
It is extraordinary good work and if I discovered I had bought this it wouldn't concern me unless it was sold in a deceptive manner. We fully...
This is probably the best advice @-monolith- Collect for interest and education not profit. The possibility of prices becoming decimated by new...
Certain coins have increased severalfold when I started collecting Fleet denarii I could pick up reasonable examples six or seven years ago for...
Good point @Bardolph familiarity made me omit Charles James Fox as the symbolism was so obvious to me . I even have Fox's autograph somewhere in...
If its dated 1808 it's from the Shipwreck @The Meat man .
Here are a couple of really interesting coins that recently turned up. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] There is a cross over here from Shipwreck...
I remember the Royal Mint starting to use lasers around 20 years ago to try and combat counterfeiters as they could embed micro engraved security...
I really like the idea of not knowing what is in the box and the suspense and drama of opening a box but then I would not be too pleased if I...
Nice idea @SensibleSal66 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] William IIII. 1830-1837 Shilling 1836 S.3836 BARE HEAD About Extremely Fine Attractive toning.
Here is another fake of the same coin. This one is a Paduan but a bit older than yours @GinoLR [ATTACH] [ATTACH] NERO 54-68 AD. Æ Sestertius...
OK @GinoLR Its because its known as the "Precarious" Pose: The pose of Constantia sitting on the very edge of the chair, with her right hand often...
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