Does it? If most collectors of these are in or support EAC grading standards, what does it matter what a TPG say about the matter? Its the same in...
Verdigris is usually light powdery green. It wouldn't hurt to treat it, but I am unsure if its verdigris at all. Btw, pm @BadThad, he would have...
The OP coin looks like an average byzantine piece. :)
I would agree. Most who love early cents have the same love for slabs as ancient collectors, that is none. If I were still collecting US coins I...
Wow, I know they need to take artistic license, but if that is in proper proportion to the horse, what is that? A 50 pound rat? Maybe they grew...
Are we sure its not something like a game piece or something? I have seen bad imitations made for games that were never meant to fool anyone.
As an update, I bought another one of these: [ATTACH] It occurred to me where I have seen this scene before: [ATTACH] This is a Phoenician...
THESE cast coins will never have the sharp features of a struck coin due to how they were cast. Cast coins can have incredibly sharp and intricate...
I agree. I love the lighthouse page. Unfortunately I have only three so far, but a great resource. I have never seen so many pharos coins together...
Yeah, of course I have seen such toning. I have coins in junk rolls that look like that. Many of those Whitman folders were put together in the...
I didn't comment on the other thread. That silver bar would not be for me though. Regarding this bar, its not the bar itself, it's the...
One, the former mint director should be ashamed. While they never actually cross the line, in sum total I believe they are crossing the line to...
Good point about the geography Doug. Ustrushana was an eastern portion of what I would call "Sogdia". It was to the east of Samarkand and Bukhara....
As an update, here is another Ustrushana type I just bought. Elephant to the left, and the same tamgha as on the first coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I do not see dealer representation as only being for high end coins at all. Now, bidding on a high end item like a sestertius and not having a...
Yes, they physically cut some coins to make effectively half coins. Later they simply cast them as half coins, casting only the outer rings.
I understand sir how most advertised who was in charge at the time. However, don't you see the trend that the longer a dynasty is in power, the...
One thing that I find extremely interesting in Chinese numismatics is how you can tell, simply by weight and size, when in a reign a coin was...
Btw, this brings up a point I am sure others will second. I tend to be stupid sometime. What I mean is, whenever I get a coin in the mail from a...
This cannot be emphasized enough. I can GUESS at a grade and possible cleaning from a photo, but cannot know. Photos can be good, bad, or in...
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