These are always a different kind of coin to grade. OP, I would not take offense to those who guessed less than 65, its a good 65, which is why I...
I would simply continue the search. Not a very popular series, so probably harder to track down. The fun is in the chase. Once you buy it you will...
These are weirder ones for me to grade. I am thinking a 65+.
Hardaker is famous for his book on Indian punch-marked coins. Looks like he had an extensive collection of other areas.
I saw those lots. I have another 3 day auction going on today, but might participate in some later Baldwin's stuff closing soon.
I would have guessed Seleucid, not Ptolemaic.
I agree. In coins, something too good to be true is usually for a reason. Sure, you can find flea markets where they don't know what they have,...
For me, it becomes unattractive if majorly affecting main devices or puts the integrity of the coin in doubt. Examples would missing a major...
They do. The only saving grace is that they USUALLY get greedy, and its a surplus of "rare" coins on the market in a short period of time that is...
Yep. I wrote here just a couple of years ago of the gold I was buying because the market was dead and premiums and market price was soft. Always...
All over the board. I found it interesting how CNG in their latest "printed" auction had quite a few passed coins. The common denominator seems to...
While I guess its somewhat interesting that they were struck in SF, I wonder how Mezak will profit? If ALL 86's and 87s are SF, why buy HIS at HIS...
I almost never walk into a coin show or shop without at least 5 or 6 hundred on me. I have simply been in too many situations where cash gets me a...
Eh, not just Bahram II has been faked. Its not a unique coin. At some point, you have to rely on researchers and published collections. The SNS...
I don't know why you "can't trust them". If the type is listed in SNS, what is causing your doubt? I usually use SNS as my sounding board for...
If they had doubts, they should have opened a package in front of you. You are right to be concerned of them cheating you once they opened the...
Wonder how many were to get the "free" ASE.
Those are the two major reason I could think of. A third could possibly be to eliminate an S reverse being milled and fit into a 1894 obverse,...
Yeah, I agree with others. I do not see the value there at $125.
I always chalk it up to maybe I am the one uninformed. Its like a glass half full. I have seen plenty of coins that I thought were $200 coins go...
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