I have never owned a coin of Carausius or Allectus. Allectus is a slight priority for me, since I want one of those with the galley reverse, and...
Same link I posted. Yeah, free book, right? That's cool. I did not realize the PCGS site had whole ebooks on their site until I found that.
One other consideration is that #1 has already been graded by NGC (if in fact that is a straight-grade holder), whereas #2 appears to be raw, and...
I too have long been a junk box junkie. :)
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You could pop 'em out and reposition them, but wear gloves so as to not leave fingerprints on them, is all.
Someone will assuredly correct me if im wrong, but I believe "countermark" and "counterstamp" are used almost synonymously and interchangeably....
In fairness, it is possible he didn't know. Pawn shop people are not all renowned for numismatic knowledge, particularly with coins from outside...
The minor marks on Coin 1 I could live with- they don't bother me much - but the dark spot by Star 13 is rather distracting to me.
I agree. Eye appeal is more important than strike in my book (and is for me the #1 consideration), though strike is of course one of many...
When the likes of Q. David Bowers, probably the single most influential American numismatist alive, writes an entire book about a collection, you...
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