- In the PCGS set registry, a US typeset is 137 coins. - "Every basic classic U.S. coin in Circulation Strike from 1792 through 1964, every date...
Faustina Jr has some of the nicest female portraiture in Roman coinage in my opinion. I've owned four aurei of hers, each time thinking I found...
Congratulations! I don't yet have a silphium but I would love to add one. In the meantime, here's my Kyrene stater, with an atypical facing...
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I have a Sear plate coin as well. It was unpedigreed when I purchased it and then I kept running into it: “The History and Coinage of the Roman...
The genetic/familial tie-in observation is very interesting and I suspect there is merit to this (without being too much of an armchair...
A wonderful coin and a truly fantastic write up! Here is my Apollo Karneios, pedigreed to 1979 but which must have an earlier provenance that I...
Great responses, everyone! It is incredible to see the diversity of approaches we take as a group. Apologies for the delay - I should have asked...
This is roughly something that I've done, take a handful of coins and trade up for one "big" one. But, as it stands today, limiting a collection...
With the recent threads about your personal preferences in coin selection, I thought it might be interesting to ask the forum what (if any)...
I too am very glad that we all collect differently: it's hard enough to buy coins as-is. I would add that I am very interested in the numismatic...
Thanks! I've updated my post with the description now.
My priority, which varies depending on the coin, is roughly: 1. History 2. Artistry (fine style for the type and generally "beautiful") 3. Detail...
The difference for moderns vs ancient is that moderns are all roughly identical so there isn't any value in "grading" style or strike and...
The winning bidder may have also been willing to go much higher - there's no way to know. As @Bing said, you'll find another. There is a bit of...
A wonderful coin, and congratulations on a successful pedigree hunt! As soon as I saw the FPL posted, I thought that coin had your name all over it.
Congratulations on some nice coins. I would advise to take your time and wait for the right pieces - I watched the auction and that Lysimachos...
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