This used to be my US specialty. Honestly, I am not a fan of either, believing both to be cleaned and retoned.
Guarantee its not gold. Gold does not react normally, so it would come out of the ground looking like gold. How thick is the flan? What does it...
Whizzed is easier than cleaning. Cleaning can run a whole gamut of topics. Whizzed is easy to detect if you know what to look for. Get a good...
There are a lot more people on this board other than Doug who remember pre-slab collecting. I might be one of the youngest, but I remember it.
I deduct a standard $50 personal fee for cracking the coin out of its coffin. :) As an ancient collector I am not abnormal. I don't even bid on...
Very true. I spent a decade looking for an ancient coin, and bought the first one I could. Two months later a group lot contained another one, so...
They are out there, you just need patience. US coins are easy, most are available. I have waited a decade or longer to be able to buy particular...
I tend to agree unfortunately. Many times beginning collectors in any field do not know things like, (for coins), cleaning, artificial toning,...
I didn't vote. I think experts here will tell you it depends on the series. Some series PCGS is tougher, others NGC is tougher. PCGS likes to tout...
I would say either Coin World or Redbook. What is more important is the listing of what you hold than the pricing source. An insurance firm will...
Aw, come on Bill. It took me 2 seconds to recognize it. Just admit I know Sogdians by memory better than you! ;) Btw, the obverse used to show a...
Very scarce coin. I own a couple like it, just to show what happened later to my precious Sogdian cities. :(
No, they are not a fence. A fence knowingly buys illegal property to resell. Ebay only acts as a marketplace for buyers and sellers to gather....
So 189 francs equaled 4.16 dollars, so roughly 45 francs to the dollar? Makes postage look a lot more appropriate.
They were francs, though, right? Anyone know what the exchange rate between USD and francs was back then? Based upon pm in coins, I am assuming...
I agree. Btw, the first looks normal, the very thin and open MM looks very odd. Such clearly defines mintmarks are very unusual. I wonder if one...
Then why are slabs so popular on Heritage when they do not even guarantee authenticity for ancient coins? I don't think the slabbers can have it...
I guess I do not think the fools DESERVE to lose here. They are probably collectors who bought into the US slab industry BS that buying a slabbed...
Where did the "unique" attribution come from? I have seen a few of these at least over the years at auction.
Much better style than the majority of LSS, (Late Sassanid silvers). :)
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