I would probably attend church more often if they performed this ritual. :-)
I love the feeling of discovery of cleaning coins as well. I get the bug every few weeks and clean up a dozen or so. In addition to the usual...
@Andres2 I like the olives theory, there is a similarity there. You could be right, if there was a big depression in the obverse planchet, when...
This forum has so many knowledgeable and nice people! Nice work.
The whitish areas are usually horn silver deposits (Silver Chloride). If it is just a surface coating you may be able to remove it. If it goes...
Maybe this strange obverse appearance is the result of clashed dies rather than being a brockage or restruck brockage? The appearance of Pegasos...
What a cool coin type. You can collect for 35 years and still see new types all the time. [ATTACH] My favorite Apollo from Rhegion. Still...
I think many people here enjoy the challenge of evaluating the coins that people post as long as they don't post too many per week, they are...
Thanks TIF! I looked on acsearch but did not try CNG. They are calling those symbols ivy leaves? I would not have considered them to be ivy...
Here is an interesting Leukas Stater with Pegasos and the helmeted head of Athena. Does it look to you all like the obverse is a partial brokage?...
Coin shows let you see 100s of coins in real life versus looking at photos. You get to talk live to real people and get to know them and have...
And it says "ROMA" loud and proud! :bear: No idea what this emoticon is supposed to mean (if you read the thread on this topic). :)
It has nice color, nice portrait, nearly all of the legend, and it is 24 grams of first century bronze. I like it, it feels ancient. A good deal...
I read Valerian's stuffed body was used as a foot stool by the Persian king. Ken is a good guy and has great stuff for reasonable prices. I have...
We have a reunion here every day... Have another amphora of vino Steve-o and don't water it down!
Thanks for the great link and the cool coins. I never heard of Pylos before but now I know all about it.
This Friday night is getting off to a good start...
Fixed it!!! I am more of the court jester type than a princess but thanks anyway Steve. :-)
Somehow I managed to screw up the quote using my stupid phone. :-(
Gee, I wonder how many cities issues Tetradrachms in the style of Alexander the great? Oh no! Its the ocd monster!!!
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