It was an interesting piece, but I bet you most of us would have very different uses for that kind of coin money. I could buy 20 of the most...
This is true of new collectors. Old farts like us who have been around coins for 40 years clean them all of the time, but we KNOW WHAT WE ARE...
No, many other people will read this. I admit I have cleaned junk silver, things like cruddy 1962 quarters. I did it to learn how to correctly...
It won't OP, but why are you wanting to? Are you wanting to learn how to clean? That would be the only reason I would think it might make sense.
Mint was in a tough place. Limit the mintage to 17,000 like the other ones and hear howls from the collecting community, or increase mintages and...
Yes, on some of these coins the cross is more flowery like the one on that link. I actually have a cross amulet found beneath a famous monastery...
I like the coin man. The reverse reminds me of the gold coins of a little later era, like Constans.
Yes, its a Christian cross. The same seller has a better one for sale, ($400), that shows a different cross, "fatter". Without knowing the...
So another Sogdian purchase, (anyone bored yet?). This one is from Bukhara. The ruler is named Vardanzi. A seller had two of these for sale,...
I bet registry fever is the reason. Some people have to have "the best" even though 99% of regular collectors would gladly choose your coin over...
Wow, you are not kidding rare. I have never seen or heard about the piece! Cool.
Other than the Kufic script issues? DO you have an example? I learned of this coin's importance from a Russian title with a small English summary...
Well they had an even COOLER piece, same mint and ruler. It had ole Mithradates in a wolf skin. Very cool, but went for more than I would go as a...
Looking back at what you sold stuff for is just as bad as those who look back at what they could have bought stuff for. Problem is humans think of...
I think TIF has one of these, and I accidentally got a Medusa head coin from a group lot a few months ago so when I saw this coin I thought I...
Here is a piece I bought yesterday, seller's photo. Its an interesting piece in its the very last Central Asian cash coin. Unlike other areas,...
Would acetone remove them? To me looks like something deposited on the coin. Pretty coin btw.
Sorry to hear your bad news sir. I understand the need at times to sell your collection. I always tell people to never invest "investment" money...
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