True. I should have thought of square nails. I actually have a bin full of new old stock ones from an old hardware store auction. I bought them...
Could it be as simple as a collection hit the market, and the heirs want to sell them now to get it over with? In the ancient auction world we...
I agree. No other reason really to have copper corrosion on a silver coin. These usually are struck in good silver.
Yeah, most likely. Where many ancients are found these are the most common, least valuable silver things in the ground.
Looks like using a square punch to hang from necklace. Think about it, a mercury dime would be a very pretty pendant for a little girl or young...
Everyone has different reasons and different circumstances in life. If they made $500 and $1000 still I would always carry one or two on me, and...
Same here, missed the live operator but remember the rotary phone. It was a big deal to get the push buttons.
...and I am sure no one at the IRS ever has access to these records. Whatever happened to making bills in denominations people would use instead...
I am just sad most Americans have no idea we used to make such bills. Like a frog in a pot, they simply take away liberties one by one in the name...
To be fair, talking of stocks or crypto is not the same conversation about coins. One is a way to speculate and make money, the other a passionate...
I get the same. Everyone asks me how I know they are real, then kind of roll their eyes like I am an idiot when I explain. :(
The thing is, most of us here never collected when younger. I collected while young, took a little break for cars/girls, then came back. most...
But how do you know they are cleaning them? Maybe I am missing something. TONS of world coins were cleaned over the years. How do we know these...
Yeah, they stopped teaching ancient history a long time ago. They have less interest or ties to it. They always taught it poorly, but at least I...
I would concentrate on the monogram and look for similar coins between 390-550 if it were me.
You dang right. I might not have a clue what I own, but by gosh they are all important to me! :)
Beautiful portraiture. Greek coins, especially from Sicily, have to be said to be the most beautiful of all coins. However, I have to give best...
OP, I think the box of 20 idea comes from that is how many slabs fit into a standard PCGS or NGC box. The idea is your whole collection fits in...
I agree. Early Roman and some greek areas, (especially classically greek), are our main areas we know what the coins were called. Coins are...
I believe it was answered that Octodrachm in relation to the gold piece is really a lazy misnomer by some numismatists. It was called a Mnaieion...
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