Coin shop etiquette is one thing, but at some point your actions as an observer become a matter of universal ethics and morality. It's easy to...
Denarius minted between 49 and 44 BC bearing the likeness of Julius Caesar. It'd be difficult to get a contemporary representation of a person...
I'm the exact opposite. In my experience, "BIN" = "Overpriced".
The funniest part is the "Pat. Pend.". I mean, copyright maybe, but what on Earth did they think was patent worthy about a miniaturized penny?
It's usually not worth the trouble to look any farther :(
As a bidder, I don't much care about fee percentages. I just decide how much I want to pay for a coin, scale the number to account for fees, and...
Sorry about the delay, been on vacation for a couple of weeks. I was previously unaware that she had coins (It's Antony/Cleopatra's daughter...
I'd suggest exposing yourself to a large variety of ancients by perusing auction listings, forum threads, and podcasts to see what might catch...
I hope you didn't sell them a box of junk coins containing an 1870 half dime around that time! :eek:
Congrats! And to think, I was proud of reaching 1000 posts a couple weeks ago :shy:. It was the last "Trophy Points" that I needed, and figured...
Good advice, but my decision would be conditional on the nature of the "Mistake". If it was a label swap, and your coin actually graded MS, then...
I tried to examine the obverse to determine whether I thought it was cleaned, but my childish, lizard brain kept focusing in on the same spot. The...
Do you work for the Department of Redundancy Department? You are right. Most sensible thing for you to do would be to not come back to this...
They are less valuable. But, I prefer to look at a cleaned coin than to look at an uncleaned coin that has dark, blotchy toning. The preferable...
Toning might as well be dirt in my eyes. I want them bright and shiny. This is a bit much to expect for older modern coins, which is probably why...
I just consider all toning to be artificial. Makes things a lot less complicated :pompous:
I can't say that I specialize in many of these types, but I've seen enough of them before to know that these are all outstanding examples. Congrats!
Until recently, I had a gapping hole in my collection pertaining to Mark Antony... and specifically his 3 wives that appeared on coinage. I made...
Looks like there's another one to add to the list......... and probably to all of the lists for that matter! Sponsian: Usurper during Philip I?...
A grading scale ending at 70 seems needlessly arbitrary, and if I were coming up with a scale from scratch, then I'd use a 10 or 100 point scale...
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