Another Egyptian bronze. The Egyptians were very fond of making big coins for some reason. Ptolemaic Egypt made the largest 'inexpensive' large...
I'd agree with some aspects of the CNG market report original post. In addition there are some coins that appear very hot and I believe are being...
One thing I like about this one is that they are using the medieval form for "4" which I can't find on my keyboard. [IMG]
Here are a few of mine. Technically not medieval as that era ended in 1485 but the transition from medieval to renaissance is not sharp....
Actually that's not unexpected pricewise. I recall one of the multiples selling for around 44K some years ago. I think there was also a triple...
Congratulations on the As. It seems to be a very nice one. I don't have the Crawford book tho I do have Vecchi & Thurlow, Italian Cast Coinage...
Thanks to you late in 2018 I did finally acquire a wheel type Aes Grave As. This was at a Gorny auction, tho I paid more than (the coin dealer?)...
My interest in coins is to illustrate history and I like coins which can show or were made from interesting eras. While we all like something...
Some interesting aspects to this case. Shouldn't they post the coin pix so we can I'd them? Also my guess is that there are very few original...
Nice Canadian! Two days ago I got a 1967 half at the bank; but they made me buy $100 of labeled "Kennedy Halves". There was not a single coin...
I went for 65+ FBL. However I really don't know what FBL should technically look like. I feel better on the grading but then again in the past 6...
Last Dec (2018) I got an EXF 1951 Franklin at the bank (pictured with two 40% silvers found at the same time). My earliest circ find was a very...
I had a situation where I bought 2 coins at auction from Roma Numismatics in London. When the coins never showed up they said that they were...
In my early days I used to advertise to buy old coins on signs in & around Philadelphia. While I got several classic head half cents, I've never...
Aside from the 2 dates of 1935 & 36 which are very readily available in unc, I think 1911 is the next most common date? It's in above avaerage...
Thanks very much! You appear to be correct. I googled the subject and found an article by Calgary Coin discussing the metallurgy in more detail....
I'm going to be teaching some classes to 6th grade high school students on Ancient History as Shown by Coins. I thought I'd do a comparison on...
I'm looking for a book quote from a book I read many years ago about collecting Roman coins. This had to be during the early 1970's when I was...
Well, I'm guessing based on the Braziian counterstamping of 8 reales to 960 reis crown during the 1810 - 1827? period, that at the very least the...
I recall the traveling shows that the ancients coin dealers used to have. They'd rent a room in a hotel and invite a bunch of us collectors to...
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