But that is the point of a mahogany cabinet. The wood is more stable, (assuming African mahagony), than others so the coins are relatively safe in...
I was not aware that $20's were sold in sheets. Must be something new. In the past, ones and twos were sold that way, and it absolutely destroyed...
Thanks for your service too btw. I was in the first Gulf War and saw many of the fakes they were selling, so these are not new. Your coin is...
I would be extremely careful with this idealogy. Just because the fakers have not YET made quality fakes of pandas does not mean they they WON'T....
I like the coin, but my guess would be 63 due to the marks on her cheek and in front of her. Those count more than other places in my experience....
I belong to my local coin club, (not too local since it is still 20 miles of city driving), because it is one of the few ancient coin clubs in the...
Well it is by far NOT the largest hoard ever found. Maybe its the largest ever found in that field lol. I remember that in the middle ages about...
That is completely understandable Mac. I just wanted to point out that if the OP buys from trusted sources there is little if any chance of...
You could, but just be aware that slabbing ancients does not add value to most of us, and can actually destroy value. Look at Doug's pic above....
Like others have said, RIC stands for Roman Imperial Coinage. It was started in the 1920's and was not finished until the 1980's I believe. Since...
SL dollars tend to come in batches it seems. There are times draped busts are much easier to find, then a small hoard will hit the market for a...
Thanks again Doug for this very informative and intersting post. I hope if shows new and not so new collectors the gamut of non-imperial coins,...
There are very very few emperors that require serious money to obtain. A portrait Julius Caesar, (and he technically wasn't an emperor), Otho, and...
Rome has been touched on, so I will go over some resources for other regimes. For Byzantine and Venice, I like the books from John Julius Norwich....
I see the sprue at 1 o'clock. I also see some softness. Without seeing the edges or feeling the metal, what are the other tell tale signs on this...
:) Man sweet car. I go for more for imports, but that is a really cool car for a young guy to have!
Zach, Just a thought. I could have used the money from my coins when I was a younger man. There were always bills to pay. I am more of a hoarder...
So what about the other ones Doug? I do not collect Romans, so I admit I am a little out of my league. G is the other one that would look fishy to...
Great topic Doug. I think it really shows people the various degrees of imitations. "How do you know its not a fake?" is the number one question I...
The hard plastic ones do? I have not experienced that. I have some mint state halves in them for the last 20 years or more, and they still look...
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