Very nice sestersius, I recall bidding on some of his sestersii also. This was years ago. I also remember that they were of squared-off...
[ATTACH] Just wanted to mention that the International Numismatic Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland from 11-16 September, 2022. Note...
Sadly I've only one Gallienus coin. This was bought on a whim from a dealer's tray many years ago, I think at around $20. [ATTACH] My avatar...
Not to make too many posts but I just started reading Pat Southern's book: The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine, 2nd ed., 2015. It's...
I agree that Elagabalus was quite bad. It wasn't just sexual depravity and who knows how many of these stories were actually true? That's why...
Very interesting, was the "20" at the base intended to be 20 kruzers? What was the size & weight of these pieces?
Yes it is. I recall in the days of my youth that US proof 3cent nickels were going for something outrageous like $15K. Recently I saw some nice...
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It looks like a nice example of the 2nd type of Iturbide crown (silver 8 reales). Nothing seems to be counterfeit about it offhand. Can you...
Nice taler. I've a question. About a month ago someone posted a link to a site explaining the weights and equivalents of {I believe?} talers and...
I've always wanted both of those types: the Oak Tree & the Zepplin 5 marks. However I wasn't looking for the overdate but just any common date....
Dear -----------, Thank you for your email. It appears that this was a mistake by NGC. This piece can be sent back to us for a label correction...
I emailed a coin buyer at Heritage with their link to the auction. He's in world coins as am I but may know quite a bit about US. He emailed...
This piece I bought out of Stack's NYICS Auction, Jan 5th, 2012, lot# 213. I recall they dated this coin back to 480BC but my belief is that it's...
Actually this is a subject of interest to me. Exactly the numismatic knowledge as well as the background of people in the collecting cimmunity who...
Also on this forum but another thread, a NGC-66 Morgan 1887-P, pedigreed to US Treasury holdings just sold at HA. NGC appearently mis-spelled...
I've had the pleasure of sitting in an auction firm's office while they get these emails from people registering for their auctions who put down...
Very nice '41 proof half. There is a price jump [for me] at PF-68 levels and higher: at least for the more common date Walkers. Thus I'm looking...
I've been looking to put together a proof set of 1939, 40, 41 or 1942 {one year only}. Decided to start on the half dollar but get out bid every...
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