No, they are not a fence. A fence knowingly buys illegal property to resell. Ebay only acts as a marketplace for buyers and sellers to gather....
So 189 francs equaled 4.16 dollars, so roughly 45 francs to the dollar? Makes postage look a lot more appropriate.
They were francs, though, right? Anyone know what the exchange rate between USD and francs was back then? Based upon pm in coins, I am assuming...
I agree. Btw, the first looks normal, the very thin and open MM looks very odd. Such clearly defines mintmarks are very unusual. I wonder if one...
Then why are slabs so popular on Heritage when they do not even guarantee authenticity for ancient coins? I don't think the slabbers can have it...
I guess I do not think the fools DESERVE to lose here. They are probably collectors who bought into the US slab industry BS that buying a slabbed...
Where did the "unique" attribution come from? I have seen a few of these at least over the years at auction.
Much better style than the majority of LSS, (Late Sassanid silvers). :)
Full obverse strikes are horribly rare. The coin there is a supreme example of strike rarity. I don't know if its worth that kind of money, but...
Well to me that was a real softball. It was like throwing Bill a lead tesserae, or @THCoins a Kushano-Sassanid piece. :)
Samarkand Sogdian imitation of a Seleucid, (Antiochus), coin. They started out silver and degraded into copper. Its a horse's head you are seeing....
You are being too modest sir. Most of us here greatly value your opinions. :)
I own both volumes of the Spengler and Sayles books on the series. Please post the coin you are curious about. btw, I do love this series,...
I was shown a couple of methods, the easiest simply sped up what would happen naturally anyway, low heat+sulphur source+moisture. I have mentioned...
One of my favorite ancients I got in an old Bowers and Ruddy flip. I just love the extra history that comes with this old firm's name on it.
Yeah, but others here always say "never buy an unslabbed coin" and if a coin isn't slabbed they believe its not worth owning. Btw, toning has...
Yeah, its amazing how fast time and number of coins fly by once you get bitten. :)
I had a similar dealer. Ben Marlenee in Des Moines. He was a grouchy, tough SOB until you proved to him you actually were interested in learning...
A little bit of a tweener here at 47. My two year old owns a few ancients, would he be the youngest?
Nor surprisingly I don't have a pic of mine, but also not unsurprisingly still own the coin. It was a pretty little 3/4 head Larissa bronze with...
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