Btw, I think you and Doug are misinterpreting "melt". A dealer over 30 years ago told me almost no coins get melted, (especially US), since they...
Might be interesting to use for ancients, but the best ancient fakes nowadays are melting down real ancients to make the planchets. They got...
I would guess this is a core of a fourree. They would make planchets of silver coated base metal and strike them. Many such coins the silver fell...
Everyone here has probably heard of Arab-Byzantine coins that were struck when the Muslims took over former Byzantine territories. Same can be...
You think the hair above the ear is wear? Could be. I was thinking softness. I hate grading from photos and not in hand.
I disagree with the word "clipped". That connotes that the planchet was like that when struck. I think its more of a broken/chipped coin. No...
Nice reverse, CC mint, pretty color, I would not think below 63, maybe higher due to color and MM.
I like the Franklin silver dollar a lot, and a lot of the APE proof designs.
I did, how dare you challenge our traditions and sacrificial ceremonies! :)
Yeah, but that is not a world I wish to live in. We all need thicker skin. We all need to laugh at ourselves. I do. Sometimes when I am knee deep...
Maybe "Byzantine" in the sense these were made after Constantine. I see no explanation for them really except contemporary to the images struck on...
Wow. I guess PC correctness extends to coin forums now. You say you are new, you haven't seen good natured ribbing that goes back and forth....
I understand. Let's take a normal coin show. Let's make it a big one to have the best chance to have ancients there. Maybe FUN or ANA. Ok, let's...
But world coins, like ancients, can be different animals than US in regards to applicability of pop reports. I have some ancients better than any...
To be fair @baseball21 I posted this in the Ancients section out of respect for others. Of course everyone can choose how to collect, of course...
Lol. Thanks for the laugh. :) How many Vahrans are enough? Well, there are 4 princes, then the King and prince types, the king and queen only,...
I didn't want to be disrespectful on the US thread so am posting here. I was just laughing. They had a question about value of a "rare" 1878 CC...
Man, stake in my heart. One what? One hundred, one thousand? If only one coin, (I am shuddering as I type this), I guess it would be my Cleo...
Fair enough. I like to learn something new. However, these coins are sold as .999 pure. Any idea of what these impurities are? Do you think the...
I am curious. Most LRBs are thin. The one in the upper right looks quite thick. I don't see how cutting down a LRB would net you 4.28 grams. Are...
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