Great story OP. That is the reason I collect coins. Not for the bits of metal they are, but they spark interest and compel a person to find out...
Retirement. That is my excuse, I will do all of this stuff in retirement. This frees me up to continue chasing and buying now. Coins are just...
Congrats man. My requirements were somewhat similar. I think it must be the summer how a few of these are "slipping through the cracks" pricewise.
Lol yeah. My old story is about a decade ago at a coin store and they had nice AU pillar dollar. I thought to myself, "I have always wanted a nice...
Yeah, and I would say they double from 2005-2019. It puts in perspective the old adage "buy what you can buy today". Every year for the last 25...
I agree. Its not that hard, go to Vcoins, Biddr, Numisbid, etc and type in Julius. Sure, you will get a lot of other coins, but better than typing...
Not right now. Its a few, but the one I am most concerned about is just a light layering of it that must have come from another during shipment. I...
I admit it, I am just not good with messing with coins. Don't have the time, patience, ability, etc. However, I have a few LRBs that are nice...
Great coin. I "dally" around the area, always in danger of diving deeper. I have some cool pieces, like all of the Pharos type coins, (not all...
To me there are two "paths" of relatively good fake ancients. The traditional path is going through all of the work of making a good copy of the...
I used to buy on Ebay but I am just tired. Too many massively overpriced coins, too many blatant fakes, too much shenanigans. I have a few old...
I would disagree in that generalizations are always subject to exceptions, but for the vast majority of cases it is true. I would argue 99% of...
Please be aware NGC does not guarantee authenticity of ancients. They are good experts there, but not better than a number of auction firms I...
Yeah, been horribly busy the last 8 months. Too much stuff at work man, and with 3 kids at home driving 30+ minutes at night each way is a chore...
Oh, ok, makes more sense if read in a different context. I was worried someone was massively overpaying for G3! G3, due to great numbers of coins...
Yeah, I see similar prices generally. I think the BU and SP versions confused a lot of people and you lost some collectors by getting burned...
What Gordian III short of a gold piece is a $300-400 coin? Dude, I have never paid more than $30 for silver or copper Gordian III and most of mine...
I have never heard that about Spain, but some other countries. I cannot say though since I do not remember buying from Spanish auctions. I do have...
Of course I agree it's a good place, but also agree lots of competition. I believe it's the largest ancient coin auctioneer in the world....
Thank you, I was unsure. I simply have seen many, many issues from Antioch listed under imperial, while many more listed under provincial, and...
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