Sallent, your indignation is misdirected, "What a farce, you are seeing what NGC wants to do to this hobby", it's not what NGC wants to do to the...
BenSi, that's a shameful desecration of art. The people that did this should be punished.
Valiant Knight, nice score & wonderful write-up. Glad to see it was featured.
medoraman, I generally keep my coins in flips until I'm ready to sell. There is a group of "elitist" ancient coin collectors who have an almost...
IdesOfMarch01, virtually all the coins I've purchased have been from sources that guaranty authenticity. That's not the point of slabbing....
Doug Smith, that sounds like good advice. I've had many coins slabbed by NGC, & the only ones I send in are very high grade coins or coins that...
Deacon Ray, those are a couple of handsome coins, especially the small bronze. In your description you say "two bunches of dates", but the slabs...
This reply was for Jwt708, I remember using MPCs in Viet Nam, where we called them "funny money". The largest bill I remember was the $10.00 note....
TIF, for a short period the Romanian government did confiscate over 700 coins! A German court challenged the legality of these actions & won the...
A handsome gold Koson Stater sold for $3,867.50 last May 16, 2018 at CNG Auction 108, lot 27. See photo below, courtesy of CNG. Despite the huge...
Pavlos, your suspicions are well grounded. It's possible both coins could have been infected with "horn silver" (silver chloride) & by removing...
Sallent, no one like to see ancient coins in a slab but slabbed ancient coins sell for more than raw coins; I know from 1st hand experience....
Ditto.
Wow! 4 museum pieces.
iamtiberius, I remember when this magnificent gem was discovered several years ago. Attached below is a line drawing of the gem which is probably...
Jay GT4, your radiate with SOL INVICTO & Bing's form an interesting comparison. Both coins depict Probus pretty much the same way, however, the...
Both coins are worthy winners.
Pellinore, your Julian II bronze from the Sirmium Mint is a jewel. I love that battle ready portrait. Great artwork on a small planchet.
The Probus auction looks impressive!
I love the battle ready portrait of Gallienus, the write-up, & the $30.00 price. Wow!
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