World peach sounds delicious. Imagine the size of the cobbler! ;) I don't generally buy unsearched lots. I prefer unattributed.
Yes
Just about right, good buy.
A Byzantine follis of Justin II, from the Constantinople mint. I can't see the coin clear enough to tell anything more, though. Somewhere between...
This should be a good guide. http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/values/index.html
I see some neat stuff in there. Have fun!
I always found the "making change" solution difficult to swallow. If this were true, we would presumably find many, many more cut sestertii,...
:D 395-401 AD, RIC 70 if Arcadius and RIC 72 if Honorius.
I absolutely would. Because I collect COINS not SLABS. :D
Do post an image. The description you gave is exceptionally vague. :D
And if your real coin is in a fake slab, why should you care? Particularly if you're buying the coin and not the slab!
I still don't follow. If you can ID the COIN as counterfeit or genuine, why should you need the slab?
My point is that it would be more beneficial to individuals to study the characteristics of counterfeit coins than of counterfeit slabs.
1 Constans II follis, Byzantine 2 Jovian 3 Constantius II 4 can't read it 5 i should know this one the Seleukid bronze is Antiochos IV compare:...
You seem to have missed the point. You should be checking to see if the COINS are genuine.
Maybe the solution is to know the coins you're buying, rather than trust someone in Florida or Beijing to know for you.
It depends on what type of collector you are. If you like bullion, then have a blast with it. But if you're like me and collect for the history...
The first were issued in 1489. Sovereigns were a circulating coin until the 30's, if I recall correctly. They were later struck as bullion.
Someone? I thought we were saving it for stainless? :D
That looks like a bit more than a mechanical error to me. More like a human error.
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