This may not be quite the same question but some collectors enjoy owning a few coins that can be passed around without fear of damage. If you have...
I wish I could help but I am really uncomfortable separating Athens mint silver and the copies of them made in many places. It gets worse when we...
This is the best reason I have ever heard for slabs. I only object to them because you can't open them up to enjoy the coin. I'm not sure if...
I was an ANA member back when I had a J in front of my number but never felt ANA was serious about ancients. The articles back then were not of...
I have had so little luck with olive oil that I no longer try. I do believe that the difference between distilled and tap is worth the price but...
I believe what worries me is that the mindset that requires metal of value in a coin to approximate the value of the coin in commerce would be...
I am less worried about the fake Greek since it was in the 8 grouped separately. If I were to die today, someone would find a pile in a drawer...
Excuse the ignorant question from a coin gatherer: What was the original purpose/use of all those lead Egyptians? For what its worth, my entire...
Saying HG suggests you are taking the second letter to be a lower case gamma but the same shape just left of Hera's head is OU ligate. I'd also...
If we have no antoniniani that are not subaerati, we prove nothing about official issues. If we hold to the conventional wisdom that fourrees are...
Four Lighting Directions Compared [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Light from the top Light from the left Light from the right Light from the...
I see it as an H but the coin is C4 either way. RIC VIII does not separate officinae when rating rarity like volume VII does. Different authors...
$9000/100 (roughly?) = $90 / coin. I see more $200 coins than under $100 ones and maybe ten over $500? The only thing is the question of...
I fail to see evidence in so small a photo that makes me have an opinion worth expressing either way. I agree with Ides on the matter of a lot...
I can't read the mintmark and don't find the style immediately obvious. It is so thin and flat, I would look for a match in coins in the AE3 range.
The group seems obviously a collection of a 'one per' nature. Lots tend to have duplicates at least as far as rulers go but this has Diadumenian,...
My copy of RIC V reads PIVS P AVG rather than PIVS F AVG for #113 but perhaps this is a typo since F is what makes sense here. However both of...
That is my opinion. If it is not, then you need to explain some edge notches in the same places and other minor details without using the word...
I have spent and continue to spend a lot of money on books. When I started in the hobby, it was the best answer we had. Today, there are books...
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96938 The above sale of the coin for $550 in 2007 does not include buyer's fee and postage so the...
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