As collectors, we tend to see the faults of a coin first, by necessity actually, because we have to be able to size up what we want to collect and...
Team picture of latest arrivals... [ATTACH]
It's definitely one of the best I've seen. Doug has one of these tiny Victory types that also extremely sharp. They are quite rare in this...
Lol, I noticed a few people "liking" and then "unliking" my comment. Haha that's funny, wait no it isn't. Somebody's going to think I'm a psycho....
Losing his hands would have been a reprieve. Ancient records testify that forgers were given slightly stricter punishments: crucifixion and...
Well my bedtime reading consisted of a tract on amphoras rather than cups, so I don't have anything important to add. It's a super artifact,...
That's a great bust of Carausius - it has the haughtiness you would expect from a usurper. This is my country now, mine! I'm king of the hill!
I've had enough, thanks. :p
If you have a difficult time determining whether you have a horn silver problem, you probably don't have a horn silver problem. Also, rusted dies...
With the Valens, again, hard to say because it's a small image.
I don't see any horn silver on that coin, but the image is small. If there is any, it's minimal.
Those are exceptionally beautiful talers. Thank you to Zohar and brg for sharing them.
Can we see a full image of it?
Tarnish is another type of salt, AgS, which forms on silver coins when they're exposed to sulfur. It's very easy to tell the difference between...
Horn silver is a type of salt, Silver Chloride (AgCl). It's an encrustation that can develop on coins when the silver in the coin reacts with...
Varieties of SNG ANS 708 do exist with bolts that are drawn with dotted lines. The flutes on yours are simply flattened by the overstrike. I agree...
Great coin, Steve. Maybe the rotation thing is contagious.
Congratulations on a great coin and your first gold!
I guess it's not exhaustive, because here are some more. I see that it depends on the series... [ATTACH]
BTW, these are the punchmarks on those Mauryan squares. I'm not sure if this is exhaustive - just something I found on the web. I've read that the...
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