All Canadian coins in the US have a massively lower base of buyers. Always has been true, at least last 40 years.
I was thinking he meant a round mount that can be tightened once the coin is put inside. Someone placed the coin in, then overtightened it and it...
I would be more around a 62. Many marks, not a lot of luster. No St Gaudens is bad to own, just being real in my grading OP.
I don't see why its not a PF69.
What I see is an unusual concave edge. Normal striking in a collar would not allow this, as the collar would fill normally under pressure. Short...
I am not great at it, but the metal is all weird on this, its a famous, (famously faked) silver tetradrachm design from Athens, yet here is on...
No idea on the coin, but have a question: You buy groups of ancients, then turn around and sell them? I mean, trade a COIN for something like...
For ancients? About 20 years now. I have 3 of the largest SDB's full at this point. Maybe around 12,000-15,000 ancients give or take ignoring...
Good information. As someone who used to buy "original" stuff, I see nothing wrong with the OP's toning. I have many similar coins in old...
Great thing opposites can be friends sir. :) Heck, I bought over 100 ancients this weekend alone. I probably average 500-800 ancients a year. Many...
I would agree. Diocletian, (I am not a collector of his per se, just observations), has eminently interesting coins. It stretches from late...
Yes. I collect all of them. I have sub-specialties in each of the areas you list, like Cleo VII, Commodus lionskin and 4th century "art deco"...
Pretty bad fake.
No offense to the coin, but I don't see 68+. Compare this to a 68 ASE or any other similar coin. This one has blemishes right on the face, whereas...
I would be at the superb gem level, 67. Wasn't for that graze on the cheekbone, I think it would be a 68 or higher.
Wow. I have been ignoring pm for a while due to good equity deals. So we are bragging about only $4.xx over spot for a maple now? Not saying its...
I will revive this thread. While attributed to Burma, (Shan), these also show up in Thai collections. This is one of the first unbroken "pig...
Size of the planchet? I don't see how they could strike up given the given size of the die and planchet.
I promise to try to take pics of them laid out when I get them Doug. You can help me know which ones are worth anything. I bought them for the...
Yeah, me too. I backed away a little on the Parthians to concentrate on the Sassanids. I did get a Vahran I obol, (rare thing), and a couple of...
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