Spider, I feel that Bowers does a great job of bringing a lot of information together into one place. For those wanting to get more in depth into...
I had to mark Other and vote for Eye Appeal, which encompasses many of the other aspects. If there's not something there to attract me to that...
I am going to say that NGC gave it an MS65 FBL and I will agree. I don't have much experience with these. Even though the fields are very clean,...
jeankay, Ardatirion's description is most likely correct. The obverse is so worn that the only part of the legend I can make out for sure is...
Ben, That's a great book. I highly recommend it.
Hi gc1111. Welcome to ancients! You bought one, now you won't be able to stop! I have a couple of suggestions for you. First, you can go to...
She obviously knows nothing about coins. That guy, Mike, at Gulf Coast Coins sounds like a decent guy though.
This is not usually true (at least in my area). All of the dealers around me pay more than 50% of melt. Most of them pay somewhere in the range...
Thanks guys! I really thought it went well with my Marcus Aurelius Sestertius. It's got the same portrait style, etc. See the link to my...
I wanted to show you my new sestertius that I bought. This is of Commodus, but struck under Marcus Aurelius as Augustus in 178 AD. The obverse, as...
randygeki, Congratulations on your new coin. I agree that it looks like Victory on the reverse. Drusus, I like the portrait on your first...
Welcome to CoinTalk and I would echo what Kanga said.
Yes, I would say, "Who knows what the TPG scene will look like 20 years from now?" I'd just hang on to it in the ICG holder and then if/when you...
Wow, what a great collection of coins Mr. Mildenberg has put together in his "dream collection"!
I have very little experience grading these, but I will say that NGC gave it an MS64 and I give it an MS65. I love it. The details are slightly...
I rarely assign a grade to my ancient coins. I judge every single coin on its own merits. I could care less if someone says it's an F or an XF,...
I'll give the coin the benefit of the doubt and say AU50.
I prefer the single column. It's more straightforward and slightly easier to figure out.
I really like "The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins" by Q. David Bowers. It gives lots of good general information as well...
We kind of talked about the toning when I bought this coin. It was the conclusion of most that the circular pattern was almost certainly caused...
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