Welcome to the Ancients side! It's actually cheaper than collecting Americans, generally speaking. It's very difficult to find true uncleaneds...
Gosh, I hope you recover soon. That's scary. MANY ancient coins are very affordable (very easy to find $20-100 coins). Vcoins has an...
Are you asking me if it's a taboo or methods? I'm a notorious klutz at hands-on stuff. Assuming the former, tooling is a big no-no (although...
I guess 7 degrees isn't too bad then! Yikes, that's scary. The search function isn't that great at numisforums, but there's been various topics...
I bought the Ptolemy, trying to find a coin that I saw years ago. It was around this size, but massively thick, with a very beveled edge. This was...
Very nice. Welcome to the ancients side!
Unless it has bronze disease or something of the sort, patinas are our friends. [ATTACH] Aside from the unappealing artistic issues, this coin of...
I bought (when I was actively collecting old time radio), an original, 1941 copy (a radio station linechecked it) of Roosevelt's Day of Infamy...
It's rare that I get to go to the 'local' coin shop, 25 miles away, but the owner is fabulously friendly. It was a real pleasure to go there. I...
I guess it depends on one's definition of clad, but plated coins have been around since the earliest coins. Forgeries were made by adding a foil...
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