Ha. You should be ok then!
Come to think of it, if memory serves me right, there are good forgeries resembling (if not the same) as B, so be sure to check the various fake...
B, but what is the price difference? A is certainly a nice coin with great eye appeal and good centering.
Nice pairing (the book and coin).
Great coin! Congratulations.
[ATTACH] I always though Justinian I had a larger than normal nose in this follis.
Great coin.
Great new coin, TIF. These are beautiful and yours is a really nice example.
A sphinx, and a nice looking one!
A, all day.
Thanks, Ed. I was wondering about Freeman. Sounds like he was a great numismatist but poor businessman who got in way over his head.
Looks fine to me too.
Except for the most rare books, your town library can get almost anything via ILL for free, and if not free, for a nominal fee. I do this all the...
Virtually anywhere that sells paper- Staples, Walmart, etc. Just Google "acid free cardstock"
You can get acid free paper if you are concerned about that.
Apparently I was mistaken, I see "wedge" but not "wheel": c. 1300, "a wedge," from Old French coing (12c.) "a wedge; stamp; piece of money;...
I'm speaking strictly in terms of etymology, but I might be mistaken. Of course, I'm aware of other square and even guitar shaped coins. But...
I thought the etymology of coin came from a word meaning wheel and denoted something round? I'll have to check. I would call those Chinese units...
I forgot about these! Good call.
I meant more general than that. So putting Apollo on the obverse would serve as the mark of the issuing authority, and was exchanged at a certain...
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