Cloud! Where the heck you been man? You missed a lot of fun.
I was about to say the same. My divorce cost me serious coin money, but my current wife doesn't ask as long as she get to buy her things.
My wife wishes I only had 3' of coin books. Heck, I have added 3' of books since I took that photo that I have posted here on CT before. :(
Peroz coins countermarked of course is from his wars with the Hepthalites. After he finished defeating the Kidarites, (a war his father started),...
Fairly common on Peroz and Khusro II coins. A large percentage of hepthalite coins are actually countermarked sassanid coins, especially of these...
Its a nice xf but i do not see AU at all. Solid xf imo.
It was underpriced. These usually run around $100 for my cheap rear. I am leaving on business, but can look up the countermark in Gobl later this...
I agree. However, that counterstamp is Hepthalite. So overall its fairly similar value, but it is something different than what you were told....
I think its a really cool pick too. Its sad how adverse most US collectors can be of rare coins with issues.
To me there are two categories of "serious": 1. Someone who studies coins intently, knows what they are doing, regardless of the size of their...
Correct, but many found there are not imitative. The loss of gold to India was tremendous. Romans imported much more from India than they...
Mostly true, but i have some from north africa, and one dug up in China. Roman coins travelled the world, especially silver and gold. Silver...
I look at the situation the other way. I see the current situation, which was predicted well in advance, as a schooling on the limitations of the...
Been thinking about this. Above all else i collec stories, and my coins are just physical little representations of them. Some of my favorite...
Idk about the ef one, but its about uncirculated for the correct au term. Ultra is a further designation of cameo after deep, as in ultra deep...
You never can. This is why I simply preach dca into it, and not get too excited at any one price level. Look at the early eighties, it had bounces...
OP, i understand having a new specialty after 15 years. I change specialties fairly often. I don't have eight coins, though, since i keep my old...
It appears to be that variety, but my concern would be two fold. One its a more obscure variety, and two the condition. Most variety collectors...
Kolbe and Fanning are probably the largest. They have pretty large auctions like three times a year. Lake books is a smaller one, and there are a...
I would make sure you own the standard references, the book all coins are numbered by. Wiley Buggert will be pricey for SL halves, but owning the...
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