The photo makes it look more like red deposits over a normal silver coin.
Help me understand the use and value of this site. Every so often, I feel the need to show the coin below and warn there is a nicer die duplicate...
All are bearded or worn beyond it being a fair question.
I was not aware of Pella. As a test, I tried to find my only obol and failed. There often is a learning curve to using such a reference.
I know a couple of the dealers on that list that will be perfectly capable of taking all your money without the help of six others. Enjoy the...
Of the square coins, that is a particularly nice one. The god plus driver in biga is a great scene. Most people will be piling on their squares...
While I agree with TIF and JWT, I'll add that this is a question with different answers depending on the whims of the day and who is buying at any...
I have, in the past, collected many things. One was old photos. The market for portraits of people is not great but let that person be holding...
IMHO this is the #1 most important thing to learn. Even within 'ancients' it is rarely safe to assume that you know something about X because you...
As a boy originally from Indiana later relocated to Central Virginia, I was amazed at the number of people who eat the decidedly second rate fruit...
Just an opinion: You can never establish a new type/variety based on one coin or on coins that are questionable in any way. If all the coins that...
A few points on ancient Greek coins in general, not just this one. Some of these types were made over a span of years during which staff and...
I suspect yours is a smaller denomination than the AE17 on Wildwinds. Your coin has enough legend to read but it sure helps to have the online...
I suspect the coin will show up in the mail in a week. You will know it from the use of a half dozen low value stamps that add up to the correct...
There are other matters relating to coin condition that I consider important beyond absolute grade. One is eye appeal. Some coins have no wear...
My only Florian: [ATTACH]
When I saw that Probus made the cheap list, I bid the minimum figuring I would give my 'good enough for me' coin to someone who would understand...
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Am I correct you read this as a coin completely cleaned and retoned in the last few hundred years rather than an 'as found' example? While I...
The FSR sale discussed here closed and the results have been posted. I only got two things from the going cheap list but all the lots I led on...
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