Here are some of my moulds. I have about three times as many because they are just so cool!!! [ATTACH] A sprue I have demonstrating how the...
There was one that struck Tiberius denarii (namely the “tribute penny”) where one of the coins had gotten stuck onto the die. Supposedly the die...
The writing style is tells me they are not the same at all. That is why I said I found A Rare-Tim, not THE Rare-Tim
The decapitated head has quite the nose. [ATTACH] Good ol’ king George III [ATTACH] Sassanid drachm [ATTACH] It’s kind of a stretch, but...
I haven’t bought many ancients on the forum, but I have sold several Chinese coins (mainly to @Alegandron ). However, here are some Sectret...
I’ve found that no matter where I go, ancient coin enthusiasts are generally some of the nicest people in the hobby. I guess it has something to...
Messed up the conversion rate and forgot about the buyer’s premium. :oops: [ATTACH]
I missed one. :inpain: But oh well, most of you already know my name anyway. ;)
I just buy a bunch of what I like. Does that mean I am a hoarder. (This is my new stuff that I have not yet given the proper initiation into my...
Found a Rare Tim in the wild! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
MS-62
Oh hm. I am not aware of such a variety. “Zhi” appears on knives with four characters and above, but it is clearly the second character here. The...
3-Character knives say “Qi Fa Hua”, or “Qi Legal Money.”
Oh yeah. Well meh.
This was my third denarius ever. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I sold this As yesterday. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
They are both fakes, unfortunately. :( The strokes of the characters are thick and imprecise, the patina is bland and uniform, and the overall...
Maybe a better course of action is to send the half dime to CAC?
I am going to pull an Ed Wood and change my guess to AU-55. Upon a second look, the luster is obviously broken on the high points.
Pretty nice luster for a 62.
1. UNC Details, cleaned. The color and lack of luster does not look right. 2. AU-53 3. UNC Details, QC 4. MS-66 * 5. MS-62 Appears to have full...
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