Ive always assumed that anyone making coins would at least try a few times to make the best coin they could. Just to challenge themselves. I know...
It’s infuriating that coinreplicas.com sells replicas of Ancient coins with no “copy” mark anywhere. I filed a report with ACEF a few weeks ago...
Well yeah the slabbing industry was created to help people who don’t have expertise in ancient coinage and who don’t want to spend...
Nah the ones you linked are all obvious fakes that wouldn’t fool anyone. But I guess I’m glad you just made a supporting argument in favor of...
Well yeah what I meant is that they wouldn’t sell anything if they suspected it was fake because the resulting damage to their reputation would...
Good job! You’re all right! The top one is indeed a fake sold by coinreplicas.com! The bottom one is a legitimate denarius sold by Heritage...
It’s really scary how good counterfeiters are getting at making fake ancient coins. O_o Which of these denarius of Antoninus Pius is real and...
Why not? I thought a proof just meant that the dies were polished and the coin was struck more than once? Why couldn’t the Romans do that?
It doesn’t really seem that illogical. Surely at some point in ancient times a moneyer would’ve tried to make a perfect example of a coin by...
Thanks! My quadrigatus finally arrived today and I’ve been picking it up and looking at it often xD Oh when I thought he said “common” and “in...
Why is it insulting? I wasn’t saying that everyone else would end up buying fakes. I said that I would probably end up buying fakes. That is a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). AR denarius (18mm, 1h). NGC AU. Emesa, AD 194-195. IMP CAE L•SEP•SE-V•PERT AVG, laureate head...
I like slabbed coins because at least it means NGC experts have given it a look and they think it’s real. They may not “guarantee” it but 97% is...
Yeah I think that might be it. Most of the other Emperors crammed as many titles onto their coins as possible. Augustus kept it simple and it...
Augustus made great denarii. He didn’t need to put a bunch of titles and praises. Instead he just stuck with “Augustus” and if you didn’t know who...
Nice! I hope to get an Augustus denarius one day :).
Yeah a bit of both. Plus dealing with any problems is extremely difficult internationally.
Ah yeah I’ve been keeping an eye on Heritage but they’re pretty scarce in decent condition. Like the one you posted is from 2015. Good price though!
But that one isn’t in a slab either :( I would pay the same price for that coin in a slab. It’s not as nice as the one in the video but I would...
But those are all priced in Euros and GBP so it looks like they’re selling from Europe. None of them are slabbed either :( I was hoping to buy a...
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