Yes. It's an art. Sometimes a two stage process works for me. Pre bid right at rhe outset to a reasonable level. Let the challengers climb above...
I tend to think of how an 18th century collector would consider FDC. Finest possible condition style strike and surfaces. But an 18th century...
there are lots of cheap coins of Sulla from that period. I think the absolute best coin for you would be the Sulla type actually struck in Asia in...
That's not an FDC coin if better centred examples exist. It's mint state but not Fleur de Coin. FDC coins have to be flawless as regards strike...
I agree. FDC literally means a flower of a coin. An FDC coin must be a perfectly centered strike of the finest style with perfect surfaces and...
Thanks Joe! This coin is perfect condition for me (see prior post) and apparently has a 1973 Spink provenance too. I will be letting go of a more...
I don't collect mint state coins so indeed that's a difference. And mint state milled coins are easily damaged by thumb prints. Once EF is ones...
Jordan They know who you are! You aren't as anonymous as you might think. Andrew
My ancient coins were handled by thousands of people in ancient times, jingled in their pockets, dropped on vendor counters, eventually dropped a...
I chose the largest vendor of ancients in the US who have a track record of achieving very high prices and who offered me special placement of my...
For all those attending NYINC in person, I wanted to emphasise the value and importance of viewing coins in person. I attach five images that...
i don't want water anywhere near my bronze coins. I use benzotriazole 5% mixed with pure alcohol. It works well. For those who do use a water...
I agree with the original poster. This is very heavily tooled then repatinated. Contrast the outer edges of the lettering to the field l, it has...
I wish to be happier in my 2019 coin collecting, per Mr. Wilson Micawber's criterion: "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen...
the dividing line where a seller must mention something is if unoxidised metal has been removed. If the strengthening is all within metal oxide...
sometimes I display my aes grave in bag format. Here they are, threw them in a sack a while back for display. Not bad. Quite like this layout....
Flickr: my coin collection is illustrated here, along with some coins of friends where I miss the type....
yes great find. Very clear and complete.
clearly readable clash die examples are even rarer than brockages. I suspect many more die clashes occurred without any damage. I've described a...
Yes good point. It's not just that it's a brockage. It's that it's a brockage of an extremely rare type. [ATTACH] From the obverse only pic,...
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