Ok, thanks.
Would this sold coin count as a rainbow toner? https://www.toughcoins.com/1.00-1882.html Something like that would also be good. I'm not really...
Dad reported that the coin store currently didn't have any rainbow toners. They said those sell fast. I suppose toning is something which I...
Yes, I was going to give very similar advice. Or, perhaps that's something telling you to move on to a different aspect of the hobby, like...
I usually don't bother asking to see the super-expensive coins. Too bad I was a poor college student when Jon Kern had bags of $500 solidi.
There were three tiers of pricing in those days. The $30 ones generally weren't great deals, unless you got a tet or something uncommon. I...
I also recall they had a lot of Heraclii from Catania and Sicily, as well as pre-reform 40 nummia.
I don't think I have anything photographed from pick bins. What kind of stuff does HJB have in the pick bins (or junk boxes, as we called it back...
I like the friendly ones, as long as it isn't something egregious, like trying to pass off dreck to me. I try to be polite, try to read the dealer...
Could it be shilling?
I like #1 the best. For example, the manager of the local coin store is very nice, and if it's a raw coin, a variant of #1 happens. If the place...
Like George Carlin would say, "WHY?!!"
I started out with David Van Meter's guide to Roman Imperial coins, and it's still available. Sear's Roman coins and their values (5 volumes) are...
That's a nice example. How many ancients dealers were there, besides HJB? Being a large coin guy, I have only one quadrans of Claudius, and it's...
Congrats on the Decius upgrade!
I heard that the firm of Harlan Berk was there, or at least it was announced as such on Aaron Berk's podcast. I haven't been to a coin show since...
Dad visits the shop about once a month. Perhaps I'll ask him to scope the prices of rainbow toners. Yes, I realize the tones are probably...
I was anticipating reading about the Beale case. It turned out to be something different and far worse than circumventing some ridiculous...
MS 62. I learned through watching the unboxing videos.
I'm glad that everyone came out pretty well on their respective boxes. You fared much better than the folks on youtube.
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