Toolhaus is a great resource. Sometimes you can read between the lines of a negative feedback and decide whether you believe in the seller or...
Yes, but they handle a huge number of coins and have been known to make mistakes in ID or even miss an occasional fake. I buy regularly and...
Not only a fake but a pedigreed fake sold by the metropolitan Museum of Art in the 50's and 60's according to this page:...
While Gao is absolutely correct, I'd go a bit further and say that it is not very likely that a bronze owl found on eBay will be real unless it is...
Thanks all. Different coins wear in different ways and this coin is way out of my area. I was concerned that the top of the leg seemed more...
This quarter circulated and picked up some damage marks but my question is whether its downgrade is more from wear or from a flat strike? I got...
First: SRI LANKA, Singhalese kingdom: Bhuvanaika Bahu (1273-1302) I have not noted one in rough condition sold. Nicer ones go for $20-25. The...
Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Lions make a great theme because there are many of them. A few more: http://dougsmith.ancients.info/lion.html You'll have to understand I don't...
Just an opinion: Beginning collectors should not buy 'rare coins'. They should buy the kind of coins that bring education at a reasonable...
I doubt any of you would pay extra for a worn 1904 O Morgan but some of you may remember at time before 1962 when the government released bags of...
How do you tell a 1780 from a 1830?
I do not have an Ainos (too rich for my blood) but will offer an Athenian New Style tetradrachm here for comparison to your last. The letters in...
Are there any currently issued and circulating silver coins anywhere in the world? I'm not considering proofs and made for collectors round...
Sub themes: Countries that no longer exist, Smallest/largest denomination actually issued for spending, Obsolete coins of countries that still...
It has been about 35 years since I got this advertising Hard Times token. In that time spent in a stapled cardboard holder, the appearance has...
These are good pages: http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html...
I don't care whether people collect US or ancients but I can't call it a hobby if the only concern is the cash value of the collection. There is...
Perhaps Procurator Antonius Felix 52-60 AD. Fakes exist. I'm not certain this is or is not one. Real ones are not all that expensive but the...
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