I have one I have been meaning to post. I will get around to it sooner or later. Its actually a Type I with the 1st reverse. My friend has written...
Honestly, if I had some proof half dollars, I would put them in my pocket. Not to spend them, but to put some good wear on them. For some reason...
The economics of it is they were broken up and sent in as a large order to a TPG with instructions to only slab the 70's. If these quarters are...
Regarding the portrait, it's technically Hercules, but even contemporaneously I believe people commented on how it looked like Alexander. Most...
Like I said sir, no offense meant. Just a pet peeve of mine that some roll searchers think banks have to supply them with coins. Have a good...
Good point. I would say more collectors want BU rolls of new coins over circulated rolls of older coins. From a historical perspective, you are...
"I really hate this"? You went to a BANK, (not a coin store), paid only face value, (way less than what those rolls cost the bank to have for...
Like most good numismatic books, they had a small print run and demand goes up every year.
Hmmm, I would bet you a mountain dew a medieval reenactment coin engraver could discover ten times as much information on how the ancients coined...
Thanks for the clarification 19Lyds. I guess I am puzzled still by the OP. He said he was more interested in the coins, yet wanted them slabbed as...
There is also a countermark book by Howgego for ancient countermarks. Also, Krause books have lots of examples in their pages if you go through...
Most I know of simply self insure instead of paying the premiums. Find out what the USPS rate is, put that money aside on each shipment, and at...
What the heck does "slabbed coins have market value and raw coins have intrinsic value"? I just spent $2000 on three copper, unslabbed coins. Did...
:) I know you know this sir, but many here completely ignore demand. They are conditioned that "lower mintage" means high value, when it has very...
Andrew, I truly do respect that you want nice coins rather than the plastic. However, if that were true why wouldn't you open the set up first to...
There is a lot more truth in this statement than meets the eye......
Gosh dang it and my lack of Greek reading skills. My first impression was it was a pic of GIII, but I misread the legend. :( Good thing I do not...
But demand trumps all. No mintage is too small for a coin no one wants, and no mintage is too big for one in huge demand. I just bought the first...
My quick guess is Elagabalus with Tyche reverse Roman Provincial. Tyche was the patron goddess of much of the Roman East, so d not know the city...
I agree. The SPES has been a classic rarity for a couple of centuries at least. There was a whole multi-page writeup on the type in the Celator a...
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