I collect ancient coins, so that adds a few wrinkles that you modern guys may not appreciate: Hunting for new coins: 40% Hunting for provenances...
"Thanks"? :meh: Seriously, I bet they will give you their FedEx/DHL account number and gladly pay for the return. Pretty funny story though!
All right, so I'm now into cocktail hour now on my patio - the coffee is long gone as are the coins - and I'm loving you guys/gal's comments!!...
I would put some pictures up here TIF, but pretty much all of my best coin pics are from the auctions/dealers and that's probably not cool to put...
True, it's only 10%. I didn't even look at the auction so I don't know how high the prices were. That would be enough for me to consider in...
One of the things that drew me to the new coin is a really minor detail. Check out the iris and pupil in the eye. It is engraved with such...
Very interesting Volodya. I hadn't noticed that but it certainly does look like that. Thanks for the advice btw!
Ajax - I'm doing this from memory so please excuse me if I'm dead wrong on something. It's an issue from Sextus Pompey who was the son of Pompey...
Going through my recent purchases and weaving them into my collection in correct order (Crawford first, Sear RIC second, and Sydenham third when...
Steve-o, you are a complete nut! I wish you were my next door neighbor!
I think that is exactly what happened.
Great backstory. I know RBW was good friends with Hersch. Unfortunately, the same fate befell me with RBW as I was only introduced to him...
Great coin and even more interesting write-up. I learned several new things from it!
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Spork - Nice coins. I love the provenance of the Malter piece and I really like your crescent series, which I don't think I've seen before....
First concert 1977, first ancient coin ~ 2006 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Most recent concert (RIP Lemmy:() 2015, most recent coin 2016. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Swiss Coin Fairy left something under my pillow (really in my mailbox) that is one of the lots I won in NAC in May. It's an early denarius...
Glad to see that they didn't try to continue to swindle you. I've heard from others that they have done the same when demanded (resent corrected...
Is that your coin next to that ring? You can't tell the difference because they are a match IMO.
There is no definitive website that I know of. Forvm is a very good resource IMO. There is also ForgeryNetwork: http://www.forgerynetwork.com/...
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