Its an imitation of a Khusro II drachm. So proper cataloging would label this as Tabarisatan, half drachm, imitation of Khusro II. You can tell...
Yup. Seems about on par with Ebay nowadays. I wonder if there is just a large segment of the population that aren't aware that coin dealers and...
Kind of makes you proud the only designs the mint can come up with that collectors will like are old designs, huh? Sure looks like they are...
I have a stamp I had made with the word COPY I stamp into fakes. Then I give them away to kids. A permanent marker might be ok to mark them with...
I never said it was easy, that I was good at it, or even that most others succeed, just that it is possible with anything really. :)
Any really. What people don't "get" usually is your profit is most of the time made on the purchase, not on the sale. Flippers can and do make...
I would contend that if a collector owned only one book on biblical coinage, I would say it would have to be Hendin. Second isdebatable, based...
I guess I would be a corroded Hun. :(
There are lots of good ones, I was just warning not every dealer is very good at such an arrangement. Most dealers who specialize in the area...
Sure looks at least VF with the new pick. $75 is not bad for that, especially since its a type.
Well, I never said anything about the dealer sir. That is a whole other discussion. Some are good for this, others not so much. You must either...
I only response sir would be: 1. If you haven't dealt with Frank Robinson, an old fashioned honest grader, then maybe you just don't know why...
Just as a FYI AncientJoe, it was a bargain list put out by Frank Robinson. No pics because they were cheap coins, but most anyone who has ever...
The Canucks might just throw your rear back out if you continue to misspell Manitoba like that. :D
Good catch Lucy. Problem is you never know, what with "branding", if they misspelled it on purpose to be able to protect the brand name, or its...
Idk man, that green in the hair in the first pick might be bronze disease. ;)
Kaparthy's opinion was very valid in context, but I didn't think he explained the context as much as he could have. Steve has already apologized,...
Yeah, I am glad you mentioned it OP. I was wondering what happened. There was a book I was following, (Coins of Roman Antioch for you ancient...
Eh, personally my motto is "every coin deserves a home". While I understand and appreciate the advice given to try to collect better specimens, I...
Good information. To me, there are two different scenarios. If you have an exact coin you want, try to give him as much information as possible....
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