Lots of gold in your collection - I'm perpetually impressed. How much gold is in your collection after all?
No need for a picture, we all know what a halfpenny looks like! Unfortunately, I was unable to find mintage figures. Spinks, surprisingly enough,...
Not your best purchase... With patience, you could have had the same coin in much better condition for the same price.
Postumus double sestertius, galley reverse LAETITA spelling error. None published, second known. Also, my 1873 Newfoundland half dollar, 32,000.
Not bad at all! I would have happily paid $40 for it!
I still think you did okay. Even if it were a 'junk box coin', that's nothing to be ashamed of! You can get some nice coins from junk boxes....
you run the same risk of light scratches.
Picture, please! Its MUCH more likely to be an imitation than an aureus/denarius struck on a bronze flan.
I'm well aware. But I have heard that there are some people who would pay more for a slabbed P-1. I was hoping to extrapolate that from a...
If the site is educational in nature, wouldn't proper citation of the source be enough?
In the first two examples, the words are just used wrong. Lol. The third is just ridiculous. I haven't been mesmerized by metal flow since.... :-D...
Just saw the solution in the Forvm thread. Very nice! DEFINATELY better than the standard DIVVS AVGVSTVS!!! I should have spotted this one, its...
Is there a PCGS member who can tell me the pop report for 1803 half cents in Poor 1? I think I may have something to be slabbed... :kewl:
I only follow xkcd and PBF myself. Brilliantly disturbing, in the true spirit of the Far Side!
Flips all the way (or soon to be, at least). You just cannot fit enough information on a cardboard holder.
Try this on for size. Not sure about it, but its a start. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/tiberius/RPC_1152.jpg
Gotta love xkcd! Thanks, Jhonn!
We all make mistakes. Besides, you evaluated the coin right - you just wrote the evaluation in the wrong place!
Compare price/grade: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/moneta/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=44&large=0 you did fine!
F/VF, tops. No wear near mint state.
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