It was somewhat irregular purchasing it. When I called to have someone look at it, I was told the coin had been shipped off apart from all the...
finally got it when I returned to the US. This a double siglos, was ex-CNG. Actually I always wanted a real double siglos (also known as...
Well this is one of my latter ones: acquired middle of 2017. I've been looking for a Peru 8 escudos of this date as it's the 1st gold coin struck...
They're very impressive and not terribly expensive in full unc. They are difficult to find thus but few outside of Brazil care. I have a couple...
I've done weighing of coins but never s.g. Even for simple weighing I've found it necessary to buy a Ohaus Analytical scale. The usual $99 digital...
I was perusing a thread regarding the silver debasement in other coins when I saw a link discussing specific gravity tests on US coinage....
For myself, however I got a Brazilian coin also in Sao Paulo. This is their 2nd year of their gold coinage in 1696, 4000 reis, uncirculated. I...
Yes I think we could've haggled the woman down to $12 however my son who was 6 years old at the time flashed her his $14 and we lost all...
Ptolemy V, AR Tetradrachm, 13.99g. 26mm. Phoenician mint [IMG] Ptolemy V (Epiphanes) became pharoah or king at the age of 5 and ruled Egypt from...
"it is now a source of moisture to cause even worse problems than no desiccant," Not really, the SiO2 will release the water it holds only at...
Well actually you can do a lot more. In my experience the small packets of silica gel one finds in shoeboxes are practically worthless. You can...
Very nice Ptolemy V Cleo I as Isis. I've heard that recently the Egyptian Gov't is imposing restrictions as to the export of ancient coins.
Wonderful tet. I used to have one but sold it years ago during a brief moment when I lost interest in ancients. It wasn't like this one tho....
Many years ago (1972 or 73) I bought a Canadian collection from a retired M.D. that seems to be change set aside from when someone visited Canada...
Well not to be completely left out; this isn't a denarius but it is a legitimate Julius Caesar portrait, abeit one struck postumously in 38 BC....
Wonderful denarius, excellent centering and details. While years ago, not portrait JC's were looked down upon, today in this quality, they're...
Not interested in the giveaway but I will address the non-existent World Coin Forum issue. I guess with US coins you might have categories for...
Well they're not all crude. Some are well made and you can have coins from just about all the big players in the Mexican Civil War or Revolution...
Many years ago in a tourist town in southern New Jersy, when I was a kid, I had the bright idea of buying $300 of Canadian coins from a bank. You...
Okay here's mine. I only have one Egyptian coin but would love to get more. Also ancient Egypt had a proclivity for making large circulating...
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