Yeah, the Antony/Cleo silver has been on my achievable, (possibly), short list for a long time. Maybe one day. Yeah, I notice the ancient posts...
To each his own man. I am like protovdo and prefer mine unslabbed, but I do own a couple of slabbed US coins I have not cracked out on purpose....
I haven't bought any unless you count some cheap odds and ends world silver coins. I am thinking with the dollar strengthening, Europe weakening,...
Boy Mike, and I thought I was harsh on grading. :) I would net grade it a F12 myself, but I completely understand what you are saying. On...
Melting down cents currently is against a US Treasury rule. That rule has not even been challenged in court, and will most likely be withdrawn...
I was thinking a costume decoration. It appears to be imitating certain medieval coins from around 1300. These types of reproductions to be used...
OP, not sure if it helps or not, but some of this will come with experience and knowledge. Advanced collectors know which coins are BU commonly,...
Actually * will pull in one or multiple characters after the string, while ? will pull back results with only one other character after the...
Yes I do agree. I may be more heightened to this since for years I had any non-US coin at our club's coin show brought to me for identification,...
I am a firm believer in caveat emptor, but that does not allow me to overlook items created with the intent to deceive. If I were a strict caveat...
Understood sir. We weren't judging your posts, its just like everything in life someone's perception of communication is frequently different than...
Take it to a coin dealer or a jeweler to weigh it. Another option could be its nickel plated, that would be silver looking and weakly magnetic....
Great answer. Weigh it. Its the only way to prove right off the bat its not a zinc coated copper coin. Rezincing these have been around for...
I think its pretty cool. Actually, it is not much more to do this than a lot of materials that are commonly used, maybe cheaper.
Man, an egress huh? Dang, I need to see what an egress is......
I agree. I think you may have gotten a different response from him if your first message simply stated you are fine with the coin at the price,...
If you ever are looking at books for certain types of coins, please just PM me or post a question. I love talking about coin books, ancient ones...
I think we all basically agree on the main premise. My statement of "money flushed down the toilet" was one of intent. If you need money in the...
KM is Krause books, one for each century. "Standard Catalog of World Coins". For ancients, there is no red book unfortunately. Just way too...
Thanks Jim, I didn't know a warning popped up when someone tries to bid. That makes me feel better about the bidder, but not anyone down the line....
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