@Alegandron, that is a great coin! a witness to one of the greatest struggles which the early Roman Republic ever faced. Hannibal, Scipio...
The EAC grading guide is available here: http://earlycoppers.com/product/grading-guide-for-early-american-coppers/
Eric, To learn the how EAC grading works, and how it differs from the way slabbing companies grade coppers, I highly recommend you obtain a copy...
I'd be interested if you want to let it go, Marshall:).
So many great and interesting finds. Thank you, all, for posting your great cherry-picks. Here a couple more of my 'best ever' cherry-picks:...
@ancient coin hunter, that coin would have put a big smile on my face too. On of my favourite reverses as well. Very nice (for a buck!):)
With the numbers of new members in Ancients here at C.T, and also for long-time members, I thought it would be interesting to show each other our...
Thank you, tibor. I do have some more, but I confess I have not fully attributed them yet....among those, there are a couple of Weisspfennige from...
Hi Tibor, following your invitation to post up some of our medieval coins, here are some of mine. I tend to focus on early USA, Ancients (Rome)...
This is one of the 98's I am most fond of in my large cent collection. It is a Sheldon-163, R-4. This variety has an interesting population with...
This 1825 Capped Bust Dime is from the Jules Reiver Collection. I was particularly interested in the variety (JR-3, scarce), and the added...
I don't really know how Ebay works, but I am guessing the winner has no recourse to return the coin since the seller never claimed he was offering...
And thank you, tibor (I think that is a typical Hungarian name, no?) for posting your medieval coins. I have to agree regarding keeping coin...
That is a nice Caligula, Marsman! Caligula in silver is always nice. I am still waiting for a Caligula denarius with reverse Wreath/SPQR that I...
You can say that again. From what I can see that lot is worth 5 to 8 times less than what the high bidder paid...oh boy.
@Limes I agree with your assessment concerning the Mars and Pax types for Vitellius sestertii. These two, specially Pax are by far the most common...
It pains me/amazes me to see how people are willing to dispense with such amounts without at least checking first to see if what they are buying...
Jay, that is a nice coin - I find that it quite appealing. Thank you for posting it. I have a Galba Sestertius with a very similar appearance.
Thank you very much @Roman Collector for posting the BMCRE reference, and for posting images of the example in that collection. Beautiful coin....
Hi, @AussieCollector , When you search for Chile Colonial in acsearch it is best to type in 'Santiago", instead of only 'Chile'. If you do that...
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