EDIT: deleted, missed it was Roman only!
Agree. Also could be a trick of the lighting, seems to be common with early/mid-80s cents
Dang! I got there at 4pm so I only had an hour to visit. If I ever go back I'll have to check that out
The A and the M appear to be as far apart as the M and the E. It looks like a Wide-AM. If it were a close-AM the foot of the A would be touching...
In a recent trip to the east coast I had the opportunity to stop by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for an hour. I can't stress enough how amazing...
Great list and resource for my future buys. Thanks
Thank you both for the reply! I'm very much an ancient novice but this coin in particular set off a few red flags for me, considering its...
Has anyone bought coins from Ancientground on ebay? Was taking a look at some of their items, which seem to be in really good condition for the...
Your coins look normal to me with perhaps some slight machine doubling. Here's an image you may find helpful. [IMG]
Looking to sell my 1823 capped bust half. Coin was purchased raw back in 2015. Nice cartwheel luster under a light source. Light hairlines in the...
Because the initials are incuse on Lincoln's bust, machine doubling is likely responsible for what you are seeing here. Are there any other parts...
Great info. I understand now. Thanks It certainly is an interesting design element! When I was trying to compare mine to others online, barely...
One of the reverses of the example coins matches spot-on to mine (from the Munzkabinett Wein collection) but does not have the same obverse, but a...
[ATTACH] Original bidder didn't want this one so it deferred to me...I was happy to pick it up for the details it has.
There it is! Awesome resource. Thanks. Guess this makes it an early posthumous issue rather than a lifetime issue but I still really like it :)
This was being offered on eBay for $400, but I submitted a Best Offer of $310 which was accepted pretty quickly. [ATTACH]
Something really has to be said for ancient coin designs...I think the insane relief on the portrait is one of my favorite aspects of them. [ATTACH]
Thanks for the info. I can't seem to find the coin on wildwinds even with the Price number, mint, etc. It looks like they skip Price 126 entirely...
This one arrived last week, my very first tetradrachm. Picked this one up from eBay as a potential lifetime tetradrachm of Alexander III. I had my...
Yeah not quite sure what he was referencing...there's no mechanism that would prevent DDO+DDR combinations as far as I'm aware. But that's getting...
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