I am not going to wager a guess. I find it very difficult to grade these to begin with, and with photos only and dark toning I would be simply...
Good point. Almost no one takes back coins anymore. Consumers are given change, then if they want to deposit them back either have to get ripped...
I would be cleaned AU55 as well. No coin 150 years old will be that blast white. Also, look at the streaky toning on the obverse. This is usually...
If you have time and like looking at coins, (who doesn't), I highly suggest spending hours looking at good ancient coin auctions. Train your eye...
Logic+government+benefitting citizens? Surely you haven't seen our government operate the last 40 years......
Not me, though I would be a logical suspect if the terms coins+hoarding were spoken together. :)
Wow, I guess I am out of line if Lehigh thinks a 67.
All Canadian coins in the US have a massively lower base of buyers. Always has been true, at least last 40 years.
I was thinking he meant a round mount that can be tightened once the coin is put inside. Someone placed the coin in, then overtightened it and it...
I would be more around a 62. Many marks, not a lot of luster. No St Gaudens is bad to own, just being real in my grading OP.
I don't see why its not a PF69.
What I see is an unusual concave edge. Normal striking in a collar would not allow this, as the collar would fill normally under pressure. Short...
I am not great at it, but the metal is all weird on this, its a famous, (famously faked) silver tetradrachm design from Athens, yet here is on...
No idea on the coin, but have a question: You buy groups of ancients, then turn around and sell them? I mean, trade a COIN for something like...
For ancients? About 20 years now. I have 3 of the largest SDB's full at this point. Maybe around 12,000-15,000 ancients give or take ignoring...
Good information. As someone who used to buy "original" stuff, I see nothing wrong with the OP's toning. I have many similar coins in old...
Great thing opposites can be friends sir. :) Heck, I bought over 100 ancients this weekend alone. I probably average 500-800 ancients a year. Many...
I would agree. Diocletian, (I am not a collector of his per se, just observations), has eminently interesting coins. It stretches from late...
Yes. I collect all of them. I have sub-specialties in each of the areas you list, like Cleo VII, Commodus lionskin and 4th century "art deco"...
Pretty bad fake.
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