Ouch indeed!! I'm trying to imagine how painful that would have been, but I'm sure that my imagination doesn't do it justice. My brother has to...
I also agree with the grading sentiment, and you kind of make the point above "very rich collectors", but it's probably worth reiterating. I...
I wish that the Athenians had been as good as the Arkansasians (<- That surely can't be right!) at getting Athena's nose, crest, and neck onto the...
I'm no chemist, but so far as how well coins are preserved in saltwater, I'd say that it depends on the metal. More precisely, how susceptible the...
I hate haggling. You put a price on an item, I'll decide whether or not to pay the price. I make one offer on an item, you decide whether you...
I've had the itch to stack bullion a few times, but it's never really taken hold. I'm always collecting something, and come to the realization...
Probably pretty similar to how it's done today, the government prints off money and distributes it by paying the private sector to do things, or...
My target collection will contain around 125 coins, and span from Caesar through Theodosius I. I only started building the collection in earnest...
Wow, @Finn235 , that is a thorough treatment! Thanks a lot for clarifying things, this is exactly the kind of information that I'm after. Guess...
@Finn235 and @PMah , thanks a lot for the input. I've been going through the information that you've provided, and I think that I've made some...
I grew up in Newburgh, which is a suburb of Evansville, which is immediately across the Ohio River from Kentucky. There's a possibility that I had...
They charged 25 Euros to ship one coin. The way I see it, they already got more in fees than they deserve.
I've always read that Isaac Newton invented reeded edges while working at the Royal Mint. I've never seen coins like yours before, but by the look...
If you can access the internet, then you have access to all the software that you need. [ATTACH] There are multiple websites that allow you to...
Learn something new everyday! Thanks!
I don't know anything about mintmarks, but my slab says it's from "Antioch", and also says "Star between legs" in case that means anything. Kind...
It's interesting how your Gratian has wholly toned into an interesting shade of...well...Bronze! If you had asked me denomination based on the...
Seems like it would be in their best interest, so long as the costs were within reason, for NGC to foot the bill and remove this type of slab from...
WOW!! I honestly thought that I had compiled a complete list of people with coins over this time period. I figured that I might have omitted a...
I will concede this much to you on the topic, photos of slabbed coins are pretty crap when it comes to applying graphic art techniques to generate...
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