The problem I see is not how long it takes for a coin to arrive but the firm having a business model that sets higher priority on holding sale #2...
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That is a very well done profile. I wish you well in finding others of the style perhaps with a bit less wear. Have you ever noticed how some...
I know many of you also participate to some degree over on Forvm. I also know some of you avoid that place for reasons we do not need to discuss...
As so often is the case I have little problem with the grading concepts as used by NGC but dislike immensely the combining that with placing the...
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Did you notice the difference in some of the obverse legends on coins shown above. Your coin matches mine except that mine has three dots under...
I can see such a nice coin being the subject of an argument between two people (a seller and a buyer?) with one settling the matter with that edge...
Excellent! I painted everything inside the pots black but I don't know that it is really necessary. Shoot more.
It is easy. When those of you who have enough surplus money to buy coins from people who treat you poorly continue to send that money to them,...
Most of the large coins we have circulated little but were hoarded or transferred in pots full for large transactions. Most people didn't put...
When selecting coins in this category, we can have trouble finding examples with both good style and good preservation. I have long been fond of...
[ATTACH] Finding a nice one will be harder and more expensive. Mine once had active corrosion but seems OK now.
I've always been fond of the little ones with marked denominations (hemiobol and tetartemorion). There are may variations. Later ones abandoned...
Chi-Rhos are not hard to find on official Gallus coins but I do not recall seeing one on a barbarous copy. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Should we mention that sometimes we are shown three monetae - one for each metal. This is a sestertius of Septimius Severus. [ATTACH] The one...
It strikes me that money being sacred would make counterfeiters and thieves the kind of people that we the people of Rome ought to crucify. At...
I wanted one of those for a while because of the double subtractive 38 (XXXIIX). Mine is a decent coin but too early so reads 37 (XXXVII). [ATTACH]
If I should ever find myself in Australia, I definitely won't be eating lunch. I'd choke on $100 lunches. My average cost for coins in my...
I do not know what a Phoenicia type is. The temple reverse as is also on my list. They tend to be expensive and not pretty. There are many...
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