This is why I'm glad that Emmett largely ignores the trivial differences between coins in his numbering system. If the difference doesn't have...
I'm shocked, shocked I say, that you would doubt my motives :D
Dang it! People: these Alexandrians are not nice coins. They are ugly, mean, and will bully the rest of your coins. They also smell bad....
You could also/instead dump the images to a CoinTalk gallery, and then you'd have them in a place where you can more readily access them in the...
If you haven't tried mineral spirits, that would be my only other suggestion. If the deposits don't loosen easily after all of those solvents,...
Congrats on your first auction win!!
Fingers crossed that yours is the host...
There are some eye-popping coins in this thread! Talk about rich in history... wow, these civil war issues are dripping with it. @Alegandron:...
@Meander, forgive me if I'm wrong (I don't know this series well) but your coin appears to match this example in Forum Ancient Coins' fakes...
This coin was from a large mixed lot (very mixed-- a wide swathe of ancient numismatics). It was in an old manilla coin envelope. Based on a few...
Welcome! What a cool find! Your third image didn't post (a broken image link is shown). As it sounds like you already know, the reverse of the...
That's a wonderful example! So often these have weak and/or off-center strikes. Yours is deeply struck and comparatively well centered! The...
The first coin is Claudius II... or did I misunderstand your post? The second coin looks like Gallienus.
Thank you, Ken! However, this coin spoke very loudly to me too :) If I ever sell it I'll keep you in mind though. Oh I am... I am... I adore...
CoinTalk is such a great forum :) Good job, JA! Especially for being "on the fly".
In terms of reasons to buy a coin, patina or color is an unusual primary goal-- but whatever floats your boat :) Since everyone's showing their...
Same here. I bet I could spare an Antoninus Pius drachm :)
Looks like many of the same stamps were on my envelope, which I also saved. Very cool! I haven't examined the stamps yet. Maybe someday soon....
Holy Moly! That's a heck of a freebie! I'll defer to others here, but that's quite a nice gesture, Orfew :)
Vcoins is a marketplace with 152 dealers, each with their own virtual stores under the Vcoins umbrella. Victor is one of those dealers....
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