Yes, very nice style Rex. Even though I try to not get dragged too far into Roman collecting, I do like the styles in the Trajan-Hadrian era. The...
[ATTACH] Here is another being sold. It is a much better coin, but shows some of the problem with the style I have avoided. I mean, who wants a...
To the OP, yes there is very bad toning. Do not ever buy a coin with matte black toning, as this has progressed passed innocent toning and is...
Great patch man. I was just attached to the 3rd AD in the Gulf war for a couple of months, so am not trying to pretend to be a hardened Armor...
Indeed, good to see Vets here. I am especially impressed with the CSM retiree. I learned early on you do not mess with a CSM. I started out as a...
Agree, great post. I debated on this forum a few months ago that I experienced definite wear loss on old barbers and SL halves, and was kind of...
+1 Everyone here even though they have different vantage points are correct. We all take our level of knowledge and try to over generalize to...
The 1.6 to 1 figure is highly dubious. It was put together by an environmental think tank. Any numbers like this are meaningless unless someone...
Thanks Doug for a great writeup. I have coins of Aretas and Pompey, maybe Hyrcanus. I was just going to use this coin as an augment of my Nabatean...
And I have posted I have seen toning being performed that would in every way replicate your bottom three types Paul. I was "speaking in tongues"...
Just throwing this out there, but how does anyone know what percentage of "album toning" that is "good" is really from old albums? You state that...
Yeah, when I looked at the pics first, I thougth he was posting a die used for both siliqua and AE3's until I read the message. Lol.
Doug, I am curious why you feel Renwax should be banned. I use it all of the time for ancients, it is a reversable product designed by the BM and...
I know many will tell you to specialize, but I think you should buy whatever attracts your attention. You can later decide what you really are...
Nice pickups. Are you specializing in an area or buying what is attractive to you?
/agreed. I crunched the numbers a few months back, and it surprised me. Depending on discount assumptions, silver should be between $16 and $20...
Just because a person believes the price is somewhat high does not negate the reason they may have bought in the first place. I bought originally...
Thanks, I especially liked the style on Aretas, many of these dies have goofy heads and necks on camels, stick figure for Aretas, or other die...
I just picked this up and am using the auctions pic. I am not a real Republican collector, but I have been looking for this one for a while to...
Just as an aside, I have been listening to the PM pushers a lot the last couple of months, (I definitely think PM ads are way up), and its just...
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