He didn't, but he specializes in coins found in the former Soviet Union. Plus, there are other types of imitative Byzantine coins attributed to...
But who has time to manually snipe an auction if you really want the coin? There were two group lots yesterday I placed a good bid on and both...
I hear you sir. Very interesting type. I have never seen it before. I know that because my eyes know more than my brain does it seems. I looked at...
Thank you sir. I do not believe I will ever rise to the level of you, Doug, or some other fine members here, I do try. :)
Lol. Why it may get put away in a box, like the gold bracteates I own it will not be forgotten. Its simply too rare and its kind of a prized...
Thanks. Yeah, I thought the countermark was above average. It actually looks much like my 40 and 80 drachma pieces from Alexandria. Most others I...
Yes, thanks, bracteates is what I was trying to think of earlier. I have one bracteate, which themselves are pretty rare. I think I have seen 3...
I guess I haven't kept up with the fake sand patina discussions lately. Since I have a few hundred Seleucid bronzes that look like this, is the...
I picked this one up yesterday for cheap. I was very surprised the auction company didn't mention one tiny little bit of information about this...
I was able to pick this up yesterday. Its a barbaric copy of a byzantine gold piece. Its ex-Dmitry Markov, a world leader in Sogdian coinage and...
Yours was the "excellent advice being given here" sir. :)
I agree with some excellent advice given here OP. The problem with graduating from Ebay is marketing. Ebay is successful because its, well, Ebay....
Not tin, its actually silver. From what I have read, we have a decent understanding of how they did it. Make a copper planchet with say 5%...
Really cool control mark. No offense, as I am brutally honest. To me its a aVF coin. The softness of strike on the obverse lowering the grade....
Um, I have used a band saw. If you have one set up in the garage, its a quick way to cut through a slab. Go slow, though, or else you can melt the...
Not sure about your topic OP, but on a related topic the best way to get a slab off a poor old coin is a pair of pliers and a screwdriver. Or, if...
I don't see anything out of line. When you said you thought it look machine drilled, I was expecting straight shafts. Indents like this on both...
I love @jeffb 's answer, but I do as well. I have coins that are historically important, like a Sogdian Alexander imitation from Kesh. A friend of...
My generic answer would be a nice coin tons of collectors would want. What I mean by that would be a VF Chain cent with no problems, AU 1815 half,...
"Liking" the coin is a whole other thing sir. I never said I liked it or wished to own it. I just commented on the applicability of it being slabbed.
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