What I see here is a nicely selected mix of coins that are either common and nice or interesting and slightly flawed. The Titus and Commodus are...
Tenacious posted links to two fake sellers lists in his first post to this thread. I'd call his post a textbook example of trying to help but you...
I'm with Guy on this one except to add the point that the seller is on the fake sellers lists and IF he happened to have a genuine coin, I would...
CON = Constantinople mint and gamma = third workshop It is not a rare coin but one of few showing God (Hand) so it may be more popular than...
The OP coin would seem to me to be unofficial if for no better reason that it is not gold. That type should be gold (correct?). Soft gold would...
While I very much agree with this, we need to understand that there were a few times when the portrait was on the top die and a few cases when...
The problem as I see it is you took several times as long to describe the process as it took the mint team to do them. First, "the minter" is a...
I think Randy is correct which means these are not real fakes but they are fake fakes. Slavey is a respected copyist who at least makes good...
I was distressed that no one else posted either agreement or disagreement with my opinion on these coins. Any coin not having a face value or...
Obviously the same type so I was off by two centuries. I must say that the coins are no different but any safety we felt from the poor fake...
The style of this coin just is not right for Heraclea mint and Crispus. The PROVIDENTIA legend was used with the camp gate type not a standing...
I appears that your first coin is what is termed a 'brockage'. This occurs when a coin sticks in the upper die and is used to strike the next...
I'll attach a Valentinian to make the point: All you need is one letter or bump TINIANV to show the coin is not Valens. Most coins will have one...
I'd call it Valens also. Because of the longer name, there is a tendancy for more of the name Valentinian to be on the left side so most coins...
The reverse is quite nice and the ID is clearly correct. It is not everyday that we see a common coin treated so well when it comes to cataloging.
My first impression is that they look like modern cast reproductions. Detail is soft. There are some tiny bubbles and voids and the types are...
I apologize for commenting on this thread. I tried and discovered that making a decent image of a Jefferson nickel requires more skill than I...
I see the tops unnaturally dark if the lighting was actually axial but I've never photographed a nickel so do not appreciate how this happened. I...
I like it.
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