Thanks for the feedback. I'll add the coin's weight to the label & for the grade it will state: aVF with strong effects of double strike on both...
FWIW I've found that the PCGS website replies properly when I use Firefox but it replies with the blank input screen when I use Internet Explorer....
Yep. That is the response I would have expected from the PCGS website but nothing was returned back to me. I just checked it again & the site...
I went to the PCGS website & entered slab number 31933952 and nothing was returned. I'm puzzled.
This was in my collection for a while. I gave it to a very cool CoinTalker as a Christmas present. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Here is my 24 mm whatchamacallit. What would you folks grade it? [ATTACH] DECENTIUS Caesar 351-363 AD AE1 (24 mm diameter) Obv: DN DECENTIVS...
Here is a link to Doug Smith's grading pages: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/grade.html
I've only been collecting ancient coins for only a few years & I've personally seen a couple dealers rubbing nose grease on Roman bronze coins to...
This thread has an abundance of great information (but lacks a single coin photo tobiask:)). Have fun & buy what you like. Never buy a coin...
We had discussions regarding nose grease in an ANA advanced grading class in Colorado Springs. The technique was known to be used by unscrupulous...
Each coin goes into a new PVC-free flip & then is displayed in a 20-pocket page. The coin label is adjacent to the coin so that the coin can be...
M is also for Messana: [ATTACH]SICILY, Messana AR Tetradrachm 480-461 BC 17.21 grams, 25 mm. Obv: Biga of mules (an apene) driven right by seated...
M is for Massalia: [ATTACH] GAUL Massalia [Marseilles France] AR Obol 3rd Century B.C. 0.74 grams, 11 mm Obv: Youthful Male Head (of Apollo?)...
M is for Mytilene: (E is for Electrum:D) (H is for Hecte Hecte Hecte:D) [ATTACH][ATTACH] LESBOS, Mytilene EL Heckte 521-478 B.C. Obv: Winged...
L is also for Lysimachus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Kings of Thrace, Lysimachus, Lampsakos AR Tetradrachm 297-281 BC 16.77 grams, 29 mm Obv:...
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