I received this very nice ant of Volusian from Mat yesterday. He cleaned the coin himself, and did a very commendable job - I assume the dark...
Nice pick-up TIF. It's a wonderful, whimsical design.
Thirdly, NGC may have no vested interest in the authenticity and grade of a cheap coin, but I understand from AncientJoe that over a particular...
Secondly, Mr. Vagi: you are not going to sell us on the idea that ancient coins need the protection of your slabs. Millions of them have survived...
I don't know where to begin a critique of those videos. Harlan Berk says if you want to start collecting ancient coins, you should go to shows and...
As far as I can tell, NGC slabs have only made a tiny inroad into the market. A search of eBay, for instance, shows 47,306 sales since Jan 2014,...
Amen. It can't be said any better than that.
Yes, a nice little coin lesson. Thank you.
I looked this coin up in RIC, and it is indeed 194. 194 includes coins with both P and T officinae, and the bust faces to the right. Although...
Actually, most of those are top-of-the line for the Gallienus animal series. Well-done!
Here's that double-struck Diocletian. Much nicer than the dealer's pics, and it photographed quite well. [ATTACH]
Yes, I agree of course, and I'm nothing to look at myself. It just made me chuckle.
Two thumbs up on that Trade Dollar!
I've become better at sizing up pics since I've taken my own for the purposes of selling. A few of my buyers commented that a coin I sold them did...
I like how Harlan Berk has the nerve to call someone else ugly, lol.
In "major variety" registry sets, for instance, you find a lot of coins that are described as Type I and Type II, or Large Date and Small Date. So...
Eye appeal sells coins. I've bought coins that were sold with very sub-par pics, photographed and edited them as well as I could without...
As far as I can tell, the terms are loosely defined, and often interchangeable. In my own little universe, I call any intentional change in the...
Here are two of the less common VRBS ROMA mules... VRBS ROMA Commemorative AE3, 1.7g, 16.8mm; Heraclea: AD 336-7 Obv.:VRBS ROMA; Roma left....
Perhaps testing a stamp that was intended for silverware? It would be interesting to find some of Carleton's silverware to see if the same stamp...
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