Indeed, getting an AU58 details *obverse dipped* trade dollar was a big deal to me. I had always wanted one as a kid and when one was offered at a...
Nice write up. I have become that way with ancients. I try and buy what best my budget for X type can afford, sometimes it has required me to...
Most dealers respect the older soap bar slabs of theirs. Its about the time they went to the blue slabs that they lost alot of respect. Their...
That I admit is the fault of my coin, its horn is pretty limp whereas Dougs horn took some Viagra before being used as a horn. But I am OK with...
#6 This piece has an interesting story. It all started when fellow CT poster Dougsmit posted in a thread of mine when I mentioned I was on the...
Surprisingly I have never heard of anyone doing a set like that. Very cool.
Reval ferding.
Some ancient collectors here have a coin or two from his collection. You can see some sold ones at:...
Its been said Roman Emperor Augustus collected coins.
Same, I have my 2x great grandfathers. I used it even as part of my user profile pic for here. Hard to see since its size had to be chopped :(...
Nice, I dont own any Larissa coins but would love to have some. I agree they are beauties.
#7 My very first ancient, yup. This is the coin that started my path into ancients & away from U.S. coinage full time. This coin was again, a coin...
Nice relief indeed!
Crack the coin out and its much easier to photograph. ;)
Ancient collectors prefer to hold the coins. Part of what makes it more fun then moderns.
Im not even a member of the ANA, love their magazine but I dont think I would use their other perks. I just read coin world and their ancient...
Even though its good for education, yearly membership to those adds up. :o
How us ancient collectors feel too. [img]
I would love my ancients to be in something like that, but I would be up to my eyeballs with boxes since they only hold twenty and im over 160+...
Just pcgs blue boxes
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