Hard to compare apples and oranges....
What bores me is people who tell other people that what they collect isn't worthy of interest. Ignore.
I'll root for Ajax --- not that it makes any difference since I won't survive the first round anyway. I admit wishing TheRed's post were not a...
I have come to the feeling that this entire matter was intended to destroy Coin Talk and make fun of regular posters. I will not be participating...
If you feel cgb is pushing a fake on you in the first case, you should find another coin from a more trusted dealer and one where you can see the...
We are not allowed to have value classes but it seems we may need weight classes. Wouldn't you feel even a little bad beating up on a...
http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced The best we have for Claudius (actually Aurelian through Tacitus) is the above database. Their search...
When coins are struck, various areas 'squish' to fill the design placing different pressures around devices than in flat fields or on high points...
The main thing you learned is we have more different opinions than we have people posting. I have my opinions but prefer to stick to the point...
Yes, when I took that one, all my coins were at the bank box so all I had at home was things like that.
There are many, many brands an models of stereo microscopes. eBay is full of options. I doubt you will find the exact model I bought a decade...
When Wildwinds says 4 examples, they mean that they show 4 sales of that coin and make no claim that there are not 4000 other examples that they...
No. I'd feel special if I had a letter of legend. Mine is quite thick. [ATTACH]
Me, too, but lately books on subjects I find interesting enough to pay the increasing prices are getting harder to find. We get the 'book'...
That is why I was confused seeing the example that was used to illustrate wear. This is all very different for those with only Western ancient...
If you are questioning the coin, I miss how you can say the seller is one you trust. The item has been polished to a degree that it is hard to...
Commodus was blonde. Otherwise?
Thank you very much. I can't say I feel qualified to collect these items beyond my current level (the $1 each crowd). I still fail to understand...
I would avoid he 1964 edition but the last two are good. Of course, I agree with red_spork since he suggested two sites, both of which were...
Separate names with a comma.