It's easy enough to understand why stamps with a stated value sell for less than their face value. They are a pain to use, especially for trivial...
For the income tax, your cost includes the amount you paid for the sets plus all of the expenses connected with acquiring them, including shipping.
It’s hard to see the luster in the photo, but the design details look like AU-58. The slab grade will probably be 55 or 58, no lower. I messed up...
I don’t except at coin convention exhibits. Having a big display in your house is almost like putting a sign on your lawn that reads, “A coin...
Yes, but when you are a collector, you don’t want to wait the three or four years it will take for the sets to be out of sight and out of mind so...
I found that some of emperors who are supposed to be “easy” are not that way if you are looking for coins with all or most of the lettering...
I am till working on the emperors after Constantine. My enthusiasm is not quite as great. [ATTACH] Bronze quarter maiorina of Constans,...
Those are not the coins I'm going to buy, and when I was dealer, they were the coins I kept away from my retail customers if I had to buy them as...
Here is the Irish King John penny which I find more appealing. This one has his name on it, and the portrait looks more like a human being....
I believe that the first pieces that have dates were issued during Queen Mary's reign (1554 - 1558). Only a few of those coins have dates. There...
Even though the coin has a lot of detail, getting it certified is a waste of money. The piece is not worth the amount of the certification fee....
Are you referring to me or someone else? I see these follow-ups now and then and don’t know the reference. I bought that siliqua at the summer...
I filled the Claudius spot with these two. This Cistophoric Tetradrahm featured Claudius and his lovely wife, Agripina who murdered him to get her...
The Caligula denarius is a bear. I have seen five or six of them at the shows since I have been looking. I have a fairly low grade AS in that...
Let's see if I can help, you, @clanger. Here is a Henry VII two pence. The keys indicate that this piece was struck at the archbishop of York's...
I have learned the joys of the siliqua since I got into the 4th century Roman emperors. I like high quality silver coins! I'm still in the...
I forgot that I had two denarii of Trajan. On both pieces, the personification Victory is basking in her glory. Here is the first piece. It dates...
I think you have it right. This should be a light half groat. They were minted in Canterbury, Bristol, Coventry, Norwich and York. The heavy half...
Here is my only Domitian coin, a denarius. [ATTACH] Denarius of Domitian Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P XII “Emperor caesar Domitian...
Someone commented on the PCGS blog that the fake looks better than the original. That might be because of the angle the photo was shot of the...
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