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But these coins are worth melt, genuine or not. It seems to be a waste of money to get them slabbed. Take them to a coin shop and test them to see...
Plus if you are into them only for gold value, then there is not much worry
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Those edge knocks are terrible. Send it to me for disposal. I’ll even pay for shipping! :D
Coin or nah? It has obviously circulated. [ATTACH]
To follow this tangent, how far off-center does a strike have to be to cease being a coin? Or how big of a clip? I’ve seen seen coins that have...
1825 O-104 R4+ [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Initial thought was MS-63 on a phone with small pictures. Bumped up the pictures, and I see MS-64. Love the coin!!!
;) Here is a picture of Pompeii gravel: [ATTACH] Bad ideas abound...
The Boscoreale hoard was 125 aurii. Not Cheap stuff.
Good luck proving any coins outside of museums are from Pompeii. Records just were not kept back then (the hoard was found in 1895). Since then,...
Wait around, watch auctions, and have $3000-20000 ready to spend. I believe there were only 125 in the hoard.
The ones explicitly provenanced to Pompeii are in museums. The ones that are *probably* from Pompeii are aurii with vibrant toning (from the...
Go into Google, search for “dryer coin”, and learn.
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Dryer coin
VF details, scratched
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