Yes, it is. What will happen when the TPG slabs are imitated perfectly? There already are some really good ones, but what will happen when someone...
Well, I hope Carboni7e does not wish to collect maybe half of the areas of coins then. Most of the world is not slabbed coins, and if you are not...
Really? We are at that point in this hobby? That is very sad to me to hear this. I buy HUNDREDS of raw coins every year. I just posted in another...
Maybe I am just weird, but I consider all of my coin expenditures as "lost money". I am just about to pull the trigger on a fairly expensive coin...
Great advice GX. Knowledge both of what to collect and information on the specs of the coins themselves, is key. Thanks for sharing, I know it...
The only circulated commem I have I believe is a sesquiscentennial, (sp?). I am not sure it would make vf though. :( I got it in a group lot,...
Don't you think every counterfeiter probably has made the same argument? I am not saying I necessarily agree with the case, just saying everyone...
The reverse bothers me more than the obverse. Look at the center of the reverse below the cornucopia. What is that? A disembodied arm? The obverse...
I agree with Mike's great post. Another point would be even if a coin is truly scarce, what does that mean? I have quite a few US coins WAY rarer...
Supposedly, quite a few hoards have been found and dated in the first and second century AD that contained well worn leptons. As to a half prutah,...
Its a coin of Herod Agrippa I, 37-44 AD Steve. So he ruled Israel in Rome's name, but as its client King, and issued prutah sized coins for the...
That one is a coin issued under Roman command. They never made leptons after the Hasmonean dynasties ended, so it could not possibly be a lepton....
I agree. Most Bar Kochba pieces, (from the second Jewish War), are imitations. The originals are pretty scarce and expensive, but these imitations...
I understand sir. I am just a homer when it comes to defense, believing we are way too stretched out all over the world meddling in too many...
Hard to tell from the photos. My first guess would be someone crafting on a host coin, ala hobo nickels. If you post a high quality pic maybe we...
But why should it be our problem? We do not import a drop of oil from the Persian gulf anymore I believe. Heck, we are cutting off Nigeria and...
I love the lion quadriga. Cool design.
David Hendin knows more about these than anyone on the planet, I just read his books. A quick shortcut to be able to identify the two is the...
Steve, yours is a lepton, not a prutah. The widow's mite was a lepton, half a prutah. The original bibles in greek even used the word "lepta" as...
It could be Islamic, but it appears to be Indian in origin. Remember, "India" in the historical context also included modern day Pakistan. THCoins...
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