I agree that once might have worked but wonder now if too many people seriously interested in buying coins don't just write off these sales as...
What strike be as doubly interesting here is the near evenness of the two strikes. More commonly one strike overpowers the other much more than...
By not selling a coin, the lister avoids paying eBay fees and gets an appraisal on what a coin might be worth. He can then sell it to a local...
Victor is right! Many misattributions we see result from folks deriving numbers from comparisons with coins they found posted somewhere or from...
We need a photo or at least a complete description of both sides and all legends if we are to have a chance of answering.
I always figured mine gathered extra tests because it was struck crosswize on the flan and looked suspicious. The count depends on how you handle...
One might suspect there was a bad event after 1976 and before 1978 that made this line necessary.
One man's terrible is another man's awe-inspiring: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grozny One man's total loser is another man's treasure. Just...
I'm in the process or reworking my photo pages so suggest you read other pages now. My photo suggestions are a bit overkill for the interest...
The machine process started with Ptolemaic bronzes and are well explained in an extensive essay: http://www.classicalcoins.com/flans3.html I...
Reka Devnia rates this as a 6 which is not a high number but not exactly super rare either. There were several types made in a rather short time...
While not a coin of Saladin, the connection may make this of interest. These are not rare well worn but the example here is nicer than what I...
I worked in Washington DC for 35 years and left with a feeling that I could forgive a wolf eating a kid that was going to grow up and be a...
This is now what we call proper business practice. The days of the honest shopkeeper seem numbered. It is not just coins. Lets talk about...
Perhaps. I don't have the KOY with that portrait style. HP: [ATTACH]
Why is a question that rarely has a really satisfactory answer. That is why toddlers trying to get on parental nerves ask it so often. Today I...
These are assorted Eastern mint Septimius Severus legionaries. A few of them are only scarce. The others are rare. Alexandria Very rare with...
Just an opinion from a non-competitive non-participant: Any price limit or lack thereof will still run afoul of the fact that coins more people...
Terminology: 'Bubbles' on casts are little recessed pits where air was caught between mold and metal. Raised bumps where the air was trapped...
Yes, I can be a pain but this is one case where size/weight matters. Many ancients vary all over the place and we gain nothing knowing if the...
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