I've noticed this phenomenon lately on vcoins (and I'm sure other places) of rampant grading inflation. Since there's a picture I can grade it...
Ok, I know the photograph isn't great, but it's the best I could do and I'm working on it. It's progressed from Simon Cowell level horrendous to...
I experimented more with coin photography for AE, AV and AR. This time, I repurposed an unused cheapie headphone rest, which has a stiff rubber...
Some various 'snacks' arrived today, purchased from two different dealers. My favorite of the lot: [ATTACH] HOSTILIAN, as Caesar, AE...
A month after acquiring my first Tiberius Apsimar, a decrepit placeholder, [ATTACH] Sear 1395 Syracuse Follis. I came upon this: [ATTACH]...
:wideyed::wideyed: (I guess it won't let me do emojis for the title). How's that for a streak? Going through what passes for my records, it...
These three just arrived from London ancient coins; all three were purchased for their patinas. Mercifully, all three came in flips. I'm...
The Heraclius S805 issue is one of the most common in the Byzantine series; I ordered many of them when Allen Berman had his 4/20 junkbox deal....
No, it isn't for some email scheme, it's for a reputable European dealer. I've never done one before. What do I do? Will dollars to Euros be a...
When possible I collect by patina. Are my favorite patinas, blue and aqua, found mostly in the Balkans? And what's up with Gordian and...
Question: when shipping coins, is FedEx good about requiring signatures - Europe to the US? Even the Post Office has been horrendous about that...
I've always loved the mainland Italian Byzantine mints but after Justinian they become increasingly scarce and expensive. I became very attracted...
Riffing off a recent thread of mine, let's show people that it is possible to acquire attractive examples of coins purchased at $300 or below....
I had started a recent debate about whether decrepit rarities are better or beautiful common/affordable coins. I was all ready to post about my...
I have my share of attractive coins, but I've always had a weakness for rarities/expensive types in decrepit shape (one can always find a nicer...
Surprisingly I've never had a Claudius II until a present of a few years ago. Ditto, Quintillus. Coins of 268-70 never really appealed to me, and...
The history of Byzantium podcast got me back on a Byzantine collecting kick. I've always wanted a nice example of this issue, and I finally found...
I picked up a fairly attractive (for type) Leo III 40 nummi. It was from a British dealer, the first time I had ordered from them. Both coins...
I tried both the Note 20 and the SLR today. I had tried the dSLR setting which had been successful on record labels, multiframe noise reduction,...
I've always wanted a Heraclius Seleucia. There was a more detailed one recently on vcoins, but by the time I enquired whether the stuff in the...
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