I still buy at times, if I like the coin and premium for "bullion" type stuff is really cheap. I bought a $2.50 at like a $40 premium last month...
Oh, definitely on the overstrikes. Overstrikes are extremely common in the series. My Class J, the best I was able to find, is an overstrike over...
I usually only report auctions with fraud. Anyone is free to try to sell four quarters for $300 if they can get it. Look at coin shows on TV!
Weights and size can vary greatly. You are correct that since these were token coinage, weights were not strictly controlled. The main reason...
Very nice Class G. These are very rare with broad flan, and fully struck like this. Class G is scarcer than the earlier issues usually, (A-D),...
Some can sir. Most Daniel Carr pieces are rounds, but sell for high premiums. Nothing wrong with them at all, simply not my taste. If you want...
Lol, oh good gosh. Major themes are Pre-Islamic Central Asia and Persia, with major subspecialties of Byzantine gold, Anonymous bronzes, early...
I believe I have seen other examples on drachms, (never noticed marks on the flanges though). A person could make an excellent collection of these...
I agree. An excellent example of the issue, especially the reverse. I am a reverse guy myself, and always wonder why so many collectors tend to...
I agree it will almost always cost you above melt, since dies have to be made, objects struck, etc. Personally I try to stick with coins but that...
ALL electrum coins were reconstructed from gold and silver. The very first coins in the world, at Lydia, were reconstructed even though electrum...
Considering it is depicting the statue as imagined by medieval people, (it most likely never straddled the harbor nor held a light aloft, it...
Good thread. There are many group lots I wonder the same, and I always wonder what it was. I am sure sometimes it just people going crazy, but...
I would be afraid to know that myself. :(
FWIW, I would agree all of these at 5 FS except for the 4th and the example Paul posted. Mushiness in the middle steps I simply cannot accept as...
I see what I would say a break above the C that to me should disqualify it from 5 FS. You are the expert on Jeff's Paul, just saying what I see.
The "invading nomads" they would be referring to would be the Scythians. The Indo-Scythians a little later made the excellent tetradrachms of...
Coins from that area of the world, (one of my main specialties), have been deposited into some pretty harsh soil. Copper and silver frequently...
Even if the coins might be worth it, (16 DD or something), I see a lot more damage to them besides the holes.
Actually, looks a lot like an ancient. Sure it wasn't a MD find? Copper is fairly reactive to soil, so if not buried in a pot it will tend to...
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