Aorta by Suarez has lots of pics. For more overall Roman coins, I recommend Sear's 1988 edition of Roman Coins and their Values if only 1 book.
From the coins I have seen the last 8 years, "uncleaned coins" have really went down in potential. Hate to be an "old man" but you used to get...
Of course, if you view gold as "Money" then there is no upper limit to how much "money" people want. Any American would take an ounce of gold,...
Yeah, I have never bought that argument. Older collectors have been predicting the demise of their own hobby for decades now at least. When I...
Of course, there are various levels of risk, and correlations between assets and risks. We do what makes us comfortable, and diversify as much as...
I would counter that the people who actually CARE about PM has always been fairly small. This has been true for a very long time, even when coins...
The coin was AG, and as such the mintmark was weak. It was about half missing I would say, and the dealer didn't want to pay 16d money on...
Of course. I buy coins all of the time I don't know much of the history about to make me want to learn more about it. My only suggestion sir is...
Another thing to consider is "sacrificial" metal. Put fresh silver, like rounds, and maybe some new cents in the same box. These will tone before...
I believe that is all Mikem was trying to say. I would go further, and say moderation is the wisest course of action even for those experiences in...
From what I see, (and I could be wrong, these are best to have in hand), his last pic makes it look like the metal is flowing into a depression...
What do you teach sir? I was going to be a teacher growing up but objected to the fact HS teachers didn't get a degree in what they were teaching,...
I don't see that. Remember, the 32's are notorious for having "sunken" mintmarks. Dirt always collects in the depression. If you ever see a 32 mm...
Most well dipped coins you cannot tell, so if its slabbed G-4 details cleaned I would wager it has scratches.
Ditto.
I agree. We had a similar question asked recently, but with a much more dramatic grade difference. For "normal" grade difference like you are...
I would say that is one turning brown in the holder. The light. copper looking color is sometimes the color when its going from red to brown....
Yup, sometimes $18 is the going rate, (if you buy 6 coins at a time that is.) :) Man, I think I will pay the $50 and going to CICF professional...
Wild guesstimates, but then so are all such numbers. Number of people who intentionally put "cool" coins in a tray or drawer - 150 million...
Nice one. I admit I am not too much into knowing who is who on the female roman coins. I agree with Q though, I would always choose a high...
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