You should send it back. There is nothing wrong with the coin but there is no reason to keep a coin that makes you uncomfortable. Taking a poll...
There is a major difference between a hobby dying and people grumbling because they can not make a profit on it. Dealers who grumble most...
Such changes are known. This is my Z over H from Antioch. [ATTACH]
I was told long ago that people who find many of these coins and the people to whom they sell them are very good at identifying the uncleaned...
Do you have a photo of it before cleaning? It is not the one in the dirt photo is it?
I'm sure there are thousands of lost stories we would love to have. One that lingers in the edges of 'lost' is the Bavarian Collection sold by...
Years ago we were always told that oak coin cabinets were bad because they toned coins and mahogany was the only 'good' wood. However, many...
Is this a reprint identical in content to the 1984 revision?
[MEDIA] I have absolutely no idea if this video is an accurate record of David Vagi actually at work but it suggests that TIF is right that there...
I suspect shows will last as long as I do so there is no problem for me. What I see as a problem is the trends all take the coin out of the loop....
We have seen quite a few variations on the Maximinus theme. I'll add a few I have not seen above. In the early days when there were too many...
You would be making a great mistake to do so. I am one of ten thousand people who have some reasonable experience in some limited areas of...
Verus was Consul II in 161 and Consul III in 167 so coins marked Consul II (B) could be 161 to 166. The OP AE ominus showed was marked ET B so it...
While I agree with what Cal says for CT as a whole, remember you are posting to the ancient coin section of CT and GDJMSP statistics are not...
Even placing something right of your movable dowel stand so the was no shadow from the dowel might help enough to save buying a liquid black hole....
I'm not sure I'd call 12.27g a typical sestertius. Mine of the type is 11.2g but my other Decius sestertii are higher. Is there something about...
Definitely not. You coin shows a vertical bow string at rest while type II coins show it drawn back on an arrow. Your coin is a type IV like...
If your main interest in the coins is whether you will make a financial profit, I doubt you will be happy in the hobby. However, if you buy now...
Are you shadowing the black so less light hits it? The less light that hits white, the blacker it gets. I suppose you might cut down by using a...
I tried another video and lost the color in the coin. I don't see the value of pursuing it at the moment. The pasted together stills are easier...
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