Yes, I'm in the camp of ancient collectors who despise slabs. From what I can gather, (Aaron Berk discusses it a lot), the slabs are mostly meant...
Here's what the overtype should look like...
The reveal: Pickin and Grinin is right on the money. I would have graded it VF+. It probably could pass for XF by wear. If one wanted to go...
Well, I'm glad that I posted this GTG, or else I might not have realized until a later point what was going on with the coin. Yes, looking at the...
Good point. With Byzantine AE's, mint state is a 10/10 rarity. They often didn't look pristine, even on day one. Even though I can overlook...
I won't do this very often. I just happened to buy a fun, confuse-a-cat coin to offer up as a GTG, fun edition. It might make the slabbers go...
That would be wonderful if I could set up something like that and improve upon my miserable coin photography. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 20...
On my excel spreadsheet I graded the original coin (the top picture) aVF by wear, corroded. A 1990's fixed price list probably would have listed...
Any other guesses before I reveal what I would have graded it? I bought the coin as an oddity and learning experience.
I forgot to add, with ancient grading one can have half-grades, like Fine plus (or about VF - both of which are the same thing).
It's somewhat obscured by the heavy patina, but there is wear around the ear/laurel crown of the obverse. The second pic was more of a patina...
This is more for fun, as the coin isn't slabbed. About 75% of ancients collectors have this attitude towards slabbing: (the media embed didn't...
Questions to pick from (at least 3 per entry) are: 1) Are you looking for pre-determined specific coins or are a bargain-hunter? For example, if...
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[ATTACH] Justin I AE31 Follis. Nikomedia. SB 83. 518-527 AD. 17.72g. (An unusually nice one). --- [ATTACH] Justinian I AE30 follis....
I've seen both 40 nummi and 40 nummia. Also follis. The name of the denomination. There's 5, 10, 20, etc. And invest some time in the history....
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/savoca_gmbh__co_kg-234/ancient-coins/ancient-27428.aspx?#!/category/ancient/?idCategory=27428&searchDisplayAsList=...
Yeah, those were actually better than the $3.00 Holy Land 'uncleaned' ones I received, although one can't expect anything much for $3. They...
It's all about learning. We've all made mistakes. Your mistake wasn't too expensive, so no super harm done. I'd go with my suggestion, leave...
Dirtyoldcoins has a 'few' genres which are uncleaned/close to uncleaned. I sampled most of the genres last year. Most of the 'uncleaned' genres...
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