So, are you going to change your standards at all to agree with PCGS? And before you go with the “I have not seen this coin in hand” excuse, NGC...
I feel you. 75% of my purchases this year have been stuff other than Ancient Chinese. It adds interest in otherwise monotony.
I looked into that type when I was looking for a coin from Nancy, but decent examples were out of my budget. They are not easy to find, and most...
The style and patina make me think modern. I see the patina all of the time on fake Chinese coins.
As some of you may know, I am currently pitting together a set of medieval coins from each city I visited in Europe. I am down to just a few, and...
Lovely detail and surfaces for €20!
If you want to have a common yet historic coin and don’t want to pay the hype premium, this is certainly the way to go. I’d have bought them. :)
I don’t see the cud at 9:00 on the obverse, so I think that rules it out.
That font is nowhere close to being correct.
It’s an obsession
Same here. :) [ATTACH]
A lot
Here’s my old pile for posterity: [ATTACH]
It is Halloween season. ;) Now I want one. :sour::arghh::sorry:
I just updated my coin pile background. Post your piles! :) [ATTACH] I have expanded my horizons beyond China. :)
Mine’s bigger than yours. ;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
When I bought this, the price was well over full-blown MS-63 retail, but I talked the dealer down to MS-63 retail. I don’t know how much over...
You apparently missed this thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1817-capped-bust-half-dollar-how-on-earth.325760/
I think it is just the lighting
Or you should stop assuming they are always correct. No, but it makes your judgement overly biased and thus uncredible when it comes to...
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