I'm not a stickler about coin cleaning to the extent that the US coin numismatist establishment would like me to be. I'm more interested in coins...
Judging by the proportion of coin listings on Ebay that are erroneous in some way, I'm led to believe that they don't really care too much. They...
I watched a video recently talking about whether pennies dropped from sky scrapers could actually kill people. Still not sure about the pennies,...
28. You spend hours upon hours over the course of months reading up on the lives and history of individuals, and then watch a Youtube video only...
Provenance is interesting in that it adds an additional historical storyline to the coin. But, does it really say anything about authenticity? If...
I was going through my sister-in-laws inherited coin collection to give her an idea about what she had. I came across this 3 cent nickel that I...
The joy that I get out of my collections is derived from showing the items to other people. That being the case, I've never been motivated to...
When I first looked at the photos, I assumed that I was looking at some kind of modern commemorative or something. Then after reading the slab...
It's somewhat problematic that TPGs offer these tiers of grading services that are referenced with respect to this coin. This is because the...
I'd be really happy to acquire the "Antony and his lady friends" collection this year. Antony/Octavia Cistophorus (preferably the variety with...
I know nothing about the Jefferson Nickel market, and might end up feeling like an idiot for even asking. But, is this asking price utterly...
He made it 3 years with the majority of the Empire recognizing him as emperor, so he definitely makes the list in my opinion. Plus, he was...
True, I at least should have given them credit for being transparent to that degree. But, why are they motivated to make things more complicated...
I solved that problem by coming up with my own definitions of what constitutes an "Emperor". - If a person is proclaimed emperor by their armies...
I've thought about something similar, but I always assume that I'm missing way to much knowledge to figure out a way to have a good, comprehensive...
I also purchase a lot of my coins through Heritage, as a slabbed ancients collector there aren't really many other choices :(. In preparation of...
I'm sure there are legitimate reasons that some US companies set up HQs overseas, but I was referring to the loophole exploitation to which Conder...
You mean, we can't just print $13 Trillion (Covid, Quantitative Easing, Infrastructure) and dump it into a $20 Trillion economy and not expect...
I wonder how Domitian would have handled modern Flat Earth Society criticisms of his coin. Let's just say, it probably wouldn't have been pretty...
Never really thought about it before, but it is interesting to see a Silver Eagle in circulated condition. Honestly though, I would have expected...
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