I love having lead around. Its the most useful tool I have ever had in the shop and around the house, especially when glueing something back together.
I hear what you are saying Gao, but just looking at Frank Robinson's current auction lot 420 is a brinze of Justinian double struck with the...
Agreed, also known as pillar dollars. Being magnetic proves it is a copy, since the originals were made of silver, which is not magnetic. The...
I agree too, you are lucky you did not get what the certificate says it is. You got a somewhat scarcer emperor, in nice condition. I did much...
The Arthur C Clarke find is pretty well known, heck they had a group "staged" on pawn stars once. Nothing incredible though, fairly common coins....
Both are great choices. Both, though, have some huge stoppers, especially cents unless you concentrate on later issues. I do love high grade...
Well that is not even close. The good news is that its a better coin than most Contantine's would be. The major reason right off the bat is the...
Good catch Siberian. I was going from the OP pic next to his name, so didn't have much of a view. Thanks!
Well I would say double striking is actually hard to prevent. This minter demonstrated minting flat coins, and had to wear a leather glove because...
That Wima is about the best I have ever seen Doug. That is an incredible find, I doubt you will ever find an obverse that nice again. I hear...
Not sure if enough ancient collectors here collect these, but just wanted to share what I learned from talking to a medieval coin maker at my coin...
Most in safety deposit boxes, maybe 2000 ounces silver, a few ounces of gold. THis is the junk. The better coins I have no idea since I never once...
Looks like an antoninous of Claudius Gothicus. The radiate crown signifies the denomination as a "double denarius" or antoninous.
Like others have said, ancient gold hasn't been $50 for a while, though I did get a Byzantine gold in EF on Ebay a couple of years ago for $100....
This was the term I was told that is what happens when a field is pumped too quickly. Too quick of draining a field will drop the supported stone...
I live in the Minneapolis area. To be honest most of us just do mail order and shows. There are a couple of ancient dealers here, but not much....
I just don't agree Inflexion. You speak of inflation as if its some nefarious thing. Inflation, simply put, is price rise "of a basket of goods"...
I have seen these by the thousands, and own a hundred or so. They are effectively "pot metal" so fairly heavy in the hand but not as heavy as...
Well Loui you said you didn't have much in them, so just a lesson learned. Give them to kids or grandkids to play with. Maybe it will spur an urge...
Nice collection Siberian Man. Good to see US coins outside this country, its not that common. Makes me feel good since I have a lot of coins from...
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