Many people wish they had the answer sir. Problem is, it depends is always the only answer possible. Is it a badly cleaned example of a common...
No one disagrees, I believe, the bad old days were worst. Massively overgraded coins, cleaned coins not disclosed, etc. My only "wish" would be...
Oh, I have no doubt that many collectors have, and have always had, wishful thinking grading on their minds. Arguing about a grade is kind of...
Mac, more of us do not like most of the games played with TPGs than you think. Some very outspoken members who refuse to divulge how they make a...
Nice pickups. Where did you go? My wife is from Lampang, up by Chieng Mai. We went to Phuket last time. I collect mainly pre-flat coinage of...
Thankfully they are fairly common. In demand, yes, but availability is pretty high. I have gotten two of them in group lots over the years. Cool...
If it is authentic, (and I doubt), it would have to be a local imitation as I have never seen anything like that reverse on a Byzantine coin. I...
Don't have a picture here. I wrote a couple of years ago the Incans copied the Azteca, but I was wrong. I now believe the Aztecs copied the...
1000% agree sir. I have read the same. I am actually torn about the origins of Indian numismatics. I know it was introduced fairly early though...
US coins forum is only that. Coin chat can be about any coin from any country or any era. I find it helpful when discussing attributes of coins,...
Always be careful on dating of coins from China. Its a national pride thing, they always want to claim to be the first and best at everything....
Maybe rare reverses. I said I could be corrected concerning the rarity of the piece, and someone posted it was a rarer Antioch mint. I know the...
Of course sir. I just wanted others to understand how common high grade Phillip's are. If someone wanted to pay more then fine, just sharing what...
Well crud, there is another coin I have to look out for and get now. :) I have always been fascinated by Hittites.
I agree China used to demand payment in hard money. Maybe it was from me where you read how China was the end destination of silver on the silk...
Unfortunately, the buyer will only learn his lesson when s/he goes to sell this coin. As it is, I would pay my local dealer $60 if it appeared in...
Eh, I bet you MOST of them still survive. I wouldn't call a mintage of 351,764 "scarce" by any definition myself. I see ones nowadays in the 35k...
Yes, historically it was that way. However, now we have countries who are growing in wealth who ONLY care about gold. Europeans and middle...
Yes sir, sorry. I was typing from memory at airport. Nice store, but like most 99% US coins. I just wanted to post to keep trying, check out US...
Just thought I would post to not give up hope to score at random places. I was in Memphis this afternoon and visited a local shop. In there,...
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