For those of us who did not get to go. :-(
Me too! That is the coolest story.
Very interesting thread. Learning a lot from it.
Problem is people doing this nefariously charge MUCH MORE than the coin cost before...
Letters are very soft and some lack serifs. Look how sharp the letters on Bing's are. Look at the points on the T in TRP. Could be a cast....
Thanks Joe, I appreciate your comment!
I think this says it well for me. Oil painting restorations are done in a way that can be reversed later. I don't see how this kind of change to...
Related to my Dekadrachm repair thread, I think some cleaning work was done to this coin. Either dirt or corrosion seems to have been removed...
Prokles: Thanks for the clarifications! For some reason I thought Seltman's coin b was in a Paris museum. You could be right that it may be my...
I had heard later on that it was BCD who bought up all the Elis coins in the market. It was my presumption that he had passed on, very glad to...
I noticed this supremely beautiful Syracuse Dekadrachm for sale on vcoins today: [ATTACH] It is for sale here:...
That is a nice coin and not a bad image at all. I like the detailed reverse. John
Nice, now what about the other sides? :-)
Those are nice photos, Erin! I love the Pegasus and the large Ptolemaic bronzes. John
As to why I wanted this coin, when I first learned that particular coins were made in conjunction with the Olympic games, I thought it was really...
Here is my first coin of 2017, an Elis Stater featuring Zeus. This was found for me through the efforts of John Anthony and the very first coin...
John Anthony is an ancient dealer who is a member here. You will see his posts often. He is known for having very good deals on nice ancient coins.
I would not pay more than that. If the coins leave a mark on a piece of white paper then they are not silver. Check on vcoins for some real...
You need to: [ATTACH] from this dealer. I would not trust them with any ancient (or any) coins after two obvious fakes like that.
Like the movie, buy the coin for under $10 and it will be worth it for laughs.
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