Spock, I have never twisted a post of yours, I quoted you EXACTLY. I refuse to bicker with you anymore...especially since you are not even reading...
exactly...post the do's and donts...examples...before and after shots if you can...warn them of the good ways and the bad ways.... do you have...
I dont know the guy who posted that article but it doesnt say he is a professional conservator...he says he DOES know how to conserve coins but...
I am interested as well, these are great coins.
Absurd statement. If you have all this great amount of info and you dont share it to help others, shame on you. You have a chance to offer real...
The islamic one is tough but I think it might be Al-Ma'mun as Khalifat allah, similar to this: [IMG] Its not an exact example though it is...
You are correct on the Parthian coin, I believe it is Gotarzes I (ca. 95-90 BC) Drachm with the King facing left, wearing diademed tiara...
In other words...I have no real advice to give or help to offer on the subject because I dont know how to do it myself...so I say dont do it. This...
I agree with acathite on the first...I also think it is Peroz I but I could not nail down the year or find another exct example. As for the second...
I just disagree with you GD but thats not new...I think people dont tell people how to properly conserve a coin 95% of the time because they...
I dont think that is the reason people say dont do it...again...do you think a person telling a collector to keep his coin filthy with dirt and...
I agree it would need to be detailed...and one should probably warn the person to practice on a coin that they can stand to lose. I dont think its...
Someone mentioned this grading company so I thought I would go there just to see the website. They have some articles linked from the front page,...
I can ID these when I get home if someone doesnt before then...I can tell you the Sassanian coin top is the reverse and needs to be rotated 90...
Thanks for that link, so the battle certainly took place after 190...coins of Commodus could have easily still been in circulation at the time of...
After a debate I had with some other people interested in this, we feel it could very well be Maximinus Thrax...I have one of his coins here:...
very cool little coin!! I have never seen it before...thanks for posting it...
I dont...if you think about older coins compared to newer coins that were minted after the relatively new aversion towards cleaning...I think...
yeah, that seller does not fill one with a lot of confidence :(
this one might be about 1/3". I havent seen the Prince Albert (you should post it) though I do have a Queen Victoria and a Napoleon III.
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