I've been trying to buy coins with winged boars and finally got my first one. Yeah, it's tiny. Yeah, it's porous. Yeah, it cost $30,944.20* But...
I agree with collecting based on personal appeal. Knowledge of grading can be helpful in understanding prices though (and for negotiating), so...
I bought a 'surprise package' from Goldberg. One of those multi-coin lots with minimal description. Sooooo looking forward to seeing if there's...
:) One of the risks of waiting until near the end, I suppose, although I didn't wait 'til the last few seconds this time. I had several minutes...
I'm fuming about the auction today. What a frustrating and hard week this has been. Work was eating my lunch and I was trying to juggle a bunch of...
It's interesting, a cool pickup. :)
Not going so well right now. Trying to work and bid at Goldberg at the same time (stressful!). The one coin I most wanted became a bidding war and...
Kusru II (Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyath al-Din Kai Khusrau II, Kay Khusrow II, or however you want to spell it-- but it is a K) [ATTACH] Seljuqs...
Holy cow I've gone off the deep end and need to step back and think about what I really want. Too many auctions, getting auction fever. Straying...
Very interesting, Ziggy! It makes sense that people who are interested in rare coins are also interested in other rarities, like meteorites.
Yep, I have many more, mostly bought 5-6 years ago. Although I just caved and bought a couple of teensy slices of the moon :) How 'bout you?
True... those Byz overstrikes were purposeful, right? So not 'error', just sloppy.
I like meteorites and I like A-Pi (he was a decent guy compared to most of those sociopaths) so I wanted this coin with him and the Sacred Stone...
Yep, I just went through the same thing.
Thanks, John! I'd seen that page before but somehow didn't notice that it continued on other pages. I read Doug's page on the subject.
Hmmm, can you walk me through your thought process? I'm not seeing how this provides the evidence one way or another. Admittedly though, I have...
I've noticed the squared-off shape to a bunch of larger denomination Roman coins. Do you think they cut the flans from a sheet or strip instead...
Wasn't me but I bet it was this one. I hadn't fully gotten into buying mode when it came up. In retrospect I wish I'd bid on it. I stumbled...
:eek: LOL! You're right! I didn't notice the Heineken. Maybe I'll forego Verdicare or otherwise preserve that little decoration. I have no...
Eh, that's OK, thanks for trying. Doesn't particularly matter. I checked for comps prior to bidding and only found a couple of this type so that...
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