Beware! Greeks can become habit forming! ... and expensive, though if one sticks with bronze, that need not necessarily be so. There's so much...
And yet at the end of it all, I'm barely more than an accumulator, having such a freestyle, "no rules" collection. But I like to think there's a...
Neato.
And tungsten.
Fun finds.
Enjoy it! I started following the "Box of 20" concept in 2014. I'm a not-quite-60-year old collector who had the same problem. My Box of 20 of...
Draped Bust silver is tough stuff, and nice to have in any condition!
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Took some fight, but I prevailed. Had to have this one. It checks off the three main criteria I was after: (1) Straight-graded. (2) 1700s-dated....
Entry post for cpoulos1 on Collectors Universe. [ATTACH]
Hmm. Hope it gets there soon!
I think a lot of them were early 1800s.
The Wikipedia article covers that, under the “Background & Preparations/Controversy” subsection. Seems there were connotations of dishonor with...
We’ve been in a similar place before. You and Sal both. Please read the introductory post before you post a contest entry. Now, are you going...
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For whom?
Agreed.
Seems about right, if there’s luster there we can’t really see in the pics. And maybe it was dipped in the past but was deemed “market...
Another possibility is that it is a contemporary counterfeit (once plated) that was intended to pass in commerce. Again, if that’s the case, it...
PS- I fixed your images so they’d show full size instead of thumbnailed. That’s a setting you can choose yourself when posting.
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