They look OK to me. There are many so-called contemporary fakes of Lima and Potosi (like yours) colonial coins. But they have a softer, mushy...
Thanks Ripley, I just try to hit fields and places located close to cities and towns. Everything around here is so old and so thickly populated...
Its what I thought then: I would not buy such a coin, the damage is beyond threshold for me. Consider also the coin is listed approx. 50 % over...
I was researching listings for the 1872 CC Quarter and came upon this one in a prominent dealers inventory certified by PCGS VG8....
That is a nice selection of US gold coins. PS- don't we all wish we had bought some gold 'back then' when it was a lot cheaper...
There are strict rules concerning where to detect, and they do vary from state to state: as a general rule, stay well away from any historically...
It was quite unspectacular really. I found these along a footpath in a forest where 10-12 years ago I had already found a Vitellius denarius....
The gods were merciful this time. After a fairly long spell with no interesting finds, I was very fortunate to find these a few weeks ago, under...
Definitely, I had to pay over retail for this F15 at Heritage. However, the point is that the price differential v.s the 1844 does not reflect...
As you guys have pointed out, the 1846 10C is FAR scarcer than the dime of 1844. As a matter of fact there are 24 1844's available in Ebay...
H.T, I am a bit confused now: are we talking about two coins: one which you have now confimed as 39.1, and the other on its way to PCGS/Heritage...
This was my 'took a gamble' highlight: an 1796 Large Cent listing with only an obverse picture which was pretty small and dark, and which I had to...
That is an interesting remark. L.D, I know this is a very general question, but from your perpespective as a dealer, which would you say are the...
Nice coin Regandon, and also a concise and interesting history of the city. The area of what is now Frankfurt site was settled by the romans in...
Beautiful! Is that the C-2 lettered edge? Congratulations!
Gene, That is not my area of the country, but this Auction House also keeps an extensive stock of ancient coins, and they are located only 15...
That is my experience as well. Not that I have attended that many shows in the US, but from what I have been able to appreciate there are more...
Ok, so now we know where you been........ CONGRATULATIONS!!! to own the second known specimen of any coin is fantastic, more so if it bis a...
Yes, quite interesting. Illustrates well the peculiarities of Roman society. I woder if Germanus was an enslaved Germanic warrior? On...
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