@Zohar444 - OK, that's it. You win. Hands down. We surrender. ;) (Well, except maybe for @AncientJoe's coin. You two impress me to no end.)
Thanks. Carbon dating will not work for authentication of coins, because it only works on organic materials, not metals. But as @Nathan401...
Thanks. That isn't as colorful, but seems more mundane and therefore more plausible.
Whew! Good to know I'm still only 55% crazy! :)
Personally, I'd call it VF25. Worth $80? Yeah, I'd say that's about right.
The 1917-D Type 1 is a $70 coin in F12 and $100 in VF20, per Numismedia. I'd call that a $75-ish coin, and not bad looking. It's got some little...
VG? No way. I would call that a borderline VF coin. Here you go: PCGS/Photograde Standards
Just a little bit of dealer overgrading. I've seen much worse. Might not have been intentional, and grading has a large component of opinion and...
Nice stuff.
What @Paul M said. That coin is barely VF and nowhere near EF, but that being said, the missing "F" in "HALF" is cool. While it wasn't a huge...
Who= @AncientJoe (if the quality of the coin wasn't clue enough, there was that Photoshop template.) What= a Kyrene stater When= a very long time...
You've got some real stunners there, but that #1 is #1 with me! Love the Janiform heads.
Wait... were those ostraca in your picture in the OP all along? I initially viewed this thread on my phone, so I must've overlooked them if they...
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I bet I know whose it is. ;) (And no, not mine, either!)
Wow, as always.
I like the horsey hemidrachm! Though the ancient portion of my "Box of 20" is tiny, I have that Septimius Severus type. While mine is a nice...
I particularly like the second one, for some reason. They're both awesome, of course.
Cool clash.
One warning, though- prepare for a little bit of sticker shock over what they want for what is essentially broken pottery with a little graffiti...
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