What form of government they live under is of no concern to the issie. My point is that there are people counterfeiting EVERYWHERE. They just...
I tend to agree that china, like any other nation, has crooks...whether they be just plain crooks like the ones that INFEST the US...or ones that...
If we all educate ourselves and learn to detect fakes, there wont be a need for TPGs! Its best for them that we trust others to know these things...
Just as a reminder, the Chinese people as a whole are not doing this, just the crooks. They are all over, they are just worse in china at the...
not sure I agree, simply because they did not have to distinguish between first and second does not mean it would not be marked first all the same...
sorry, I just took it on faith that it was constantine I as I cannot read the obverse inscription. Small photo and bad eyes...or just lazy ;)...
hardly, prices for roman coins are going up, even for later imperial, this coin could probably make 10-20 USD these days.
I would love to work minting coins, just not for the US mint...I would like to produce my own hammered coins.
yeah, he just killed his wife fausta....my bad.
It is a Nuremberg rechenpfennig (reckoning penny / counting token). Made by one Johann Jakob Lauer (I.L.) (1806-1865) who was a member of a family...
Yeah, not to blame the victims as he is the problem...but COME ON!! Use a little common sense when buying!!
maybe they bought a bunch of them and found that no one was buying them...so they melted them...hardly the same as destroying unique examples of...
I have the roman coin poster framed and on the wall...I love it... http://www.dirtyoldcoins.com/shop/posters/roman_imperials.jpg
I dont like either one on the whole. :)
nice, only 30 bucks as well, I think I might pick it up :)
Distinctive portraits on his coin, nice.
have a good one!!
The person is also selling this lovely Vespasian coin: [IMG] [IMG] Covers himself in the listing: This is a large ancient roman coin that...
If it has an R* (another letter) then it was minted in Rome. Its probably: Constantine I Obv. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG Rev. GLORIA EXERCITVS R star...
I THINK it might be a coin of the Emperor Honorius... AD. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped & curiassed bust right / VIRTVS EXERCITI,...
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