I collect stories. If my coins appreciate significantly in value, then those are accidental investments. However, I always buy at prices where I...
It says Vitellius right on the obverse
He’s talking about unadulterated surfaces. That dime has been cleaned.
I only saw one fake in the list, and it was the same one in the link. The others are genuine but some look odd due to poor treatment
Not my coin. Just sharing.
The next day we went to Strasbourg, France. This is another city on the France/Germany border that has traded hands many times during its long...
I’d put this up there with the Chain cents and AU draped bust silvers I’ve seen dug up in terms of coolness factor! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
He seems to know how to do this quite well. He has sent most of them off for grading, so that part will be easy. PCGS Photograde would be a...
It really is a case-by-case basis as each coin has been treated differently. This 1846 half had a vigorous scrubbing on the lower obverse, while...
That’s a question only regular submitters like @C-B-D can answer
I very much disagree. Once you get a good lighting/photography setup, factor 1 minute to take/edit photos, 1-5 minutes to research the going rate...
And that has nothing to do with the coins themselves. They could be equal grades, but the plastic is what matters
I believe it was dipped rather than abrasively cleaned. The bright direct light drowns out the luster. I just have it in my image library as a...
Colorful toning on circulated coin can be an indicator that they have been cleaned, especially if the surfaces have a glossy sheen and no luster....
I was approaching this from the lens that C-B-D scored a major cherrypick, as usual. As I said, if I was approaching this coin from the...
I was looking hard for the 9/6 or the C-1, so I didn’t notice the botched MS Paint job. Maybe I would have seen them if I was looking to buy.
My gift arrived on the 19th, but I had to pick ot up yesterday, and I am finally writing about it today! And somehow Saturn decided that I would...
Do you need better reasons? :D
For the second weekend, the same group of people who went to Luxembourg decided to hit three nearby cities. The first of these three was Trier, a...
I just realized that I haven’t heard much hype about Bitcoin in a while. I wonder why? [ATTACH] That’s why. Turned out to a poor investment...
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