Congrats! Some coins are worth the wait. A couple of months is frustrating, but a coin like that in hand is hard to beat! They do not surface in...
I am not sure about gold, but some Roman Bronze & Silver coins circulated for a long time. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
thanks for posting I like pre-coin money. Most of mine is Central Italy (some may before founding of Rome). [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My Merry Christmas present from my wife is a trip to the NYINC in January. My present to her is a trip to Vogue Knitting Live the same weekend. I...
I have two digital coin scales. If you check ratings on Amazon, you should be able to find a good one at a good price. When you get a scale,...
a very modest Greek coin, and an interesting counterstamp [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have a furry friend who likes to go through the drive-through (they...
@Carausius that is a great accomplishment, thanks for sharing. Your wolf and eagle sextans is excellent.
I signed up for the new CNG web site auctions last week. Just for grins I bid on a coin (with scales). I did not win, but that only leaves more...
You could go Roman. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom (and much more). She is on the triens: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and cast semis: [ATTACH]
Interesting set of coins. Most of the time I go for one of a kind. I think it makes a more well rounded collection. But there are some that have...
Plate coin, well provenanced, historic coins, well struck, nicely preserved and all around super coins. Well done. I voted 1, 7 & 3; but there was...
Wow! great combo - Griffin and Astragalos
not my smallest, but my favorite small! [ATTACH] Cilicia, TARSOS (389-375 a.C.) AR Obol Obv - Female kneeling left, tossing astralagoi. Rev -...
I have seen coins converted to scale weights, but most of the time, the coin edge is shaved to reduce the weight. Your 12.75 gram coin would be a...
I often wonder how we really know what is on a coin. Some are obvious like the plumb bob below. [ATTACH] I remember your rabbit stick, but do...
The coin is simply divine.
I picked up an interesting coin recently. This uncia, is 1/12 th of a Roman As, and is the heaviest I found on line. It is listed as Rare or Very...
It is fun to look through junk piles, especially when the price is right. I collect ancient coins because I happened across a Junk Pile at a coin...
Mercury on a cast sextans. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My first sextans, Cr 35.5, did not look very good in the seller's pics or in hand, but it was...
I am not sure how many of your data points list number of bids, but coins that sell for over start price / estimate have two or more bidders. I...
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