Too tired to tell the full tale just now. Maybe later. [Updated below]. In the meantime, behold the before-and-after pics, and weep with/for...
I'll concur with AU55.
Note to the coins that haven't gotten any love in the poll yet: hey, it's not that y'all aren't deserving. It's just that he said we had to pick...
I too have my doubts on that score.
My APMEX rating is "Peasant". :p
9, 4, and 3 for me. Honorable mention for #5- it would make a dandy ornament for my Holey Coin Hat! [ATTACH] They’re ALL lovely. Top faves:...
It was later encapsulated. Those are pre-slab photos.
I had no difficulty getting the hoard pedigree on my Julian II siliqua noted on the label. All that took was a photocopy of the CNG listing, with...
My question exactly. The branch post office I was dealing with at the time (this was in NC) later got mired in some controversy when several full...
Same here. Bah humbug.
Once I had them refuse my insurance claim, despite my presenting the receipt for that. Apparently I had to "prove the value of the lost coin"....
This one has definitely not gone according to plan, but despite being ruled an ancient forgery and NGC failing to note the pedigree, it still WAS...
For not noting it was a fourree?
Oh, it’s shipped. I’ve been on the phone with Customer Service. And now I’m awaiting news on whether “we recognize that pedigree or not”. (!?!)...
That one stayed in a pretty remarkable state of preservation!
... and what is the object beneath the coins?
Yes. I'm especially curious about the big one.
Handsome siliqua. My only one is so dark it almost looks like a bronze coin.
Coingratulations! That's an important hole to fill! Here was how I did it, back when I was doing the Twelve Caesars. Mine was sort of an ugly...
It's still a cool souvenir, and at least you didn't pay big bucks for it. If it is indeed fake, who knows how old a fake it is? Given the...
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