thanks for everyone's thoughts
My first thought was modern cast fake, but my friend said, "No it is a real coin". My second thought was Celtic intimating something or an Eastern...
A coin club friend assumes I know more about ancients than I really do. Can anyone identify this coin? It weighs 9.15 grams and is 27 mm in...
Grading this coin is a matter of opinion. How do you factor die wear (rust & flow lines) into the equation of grading? Both of these factors...
I bought two coins with Arabic text and he translated both. One had Hindi text on one side! I will ask him to translate.
[ATTACH] I showed a pic of the coin to a friend at work who speaks Arabic, but is not a coin collector. His translation is attached.
There are many factors needed to grade an ancient coin: wear (grade), strike, centering, style, etc. The description I like best is on the...
I have two inexpensive books and a web site to suggest for newbies: The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins by Van Meter, if I bought only one Roman...
I am a member of the Pasadena and Bellaire, TX Coin Clubs. We give no date buffalo nickels to kids (or is YNs the politicly correct term now) at...
[ATTACH] I enjoy the Carthaginian coins, and have one or two small ones. My favorite though is from Cartagonova, Spain and may be the first living...
I like this version of Roma and the biga on the reverse, C.METELLUS Cr 269/1
One of my favorite coins is Pinarius Natta, Denarius, 149 BC, Cr. 208/1, see pictures below. I talked about how I picked this one over some others...
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