Of course this is not an attribution or anything, but to me it looks an awful lot like a fourree core. I have seen many of them with traces of the...
I have never heard of them either, but David Lawrence and Rick Snow are quality dealers, I dealt with them years back. I am not sure they can...
Its a weird relationship from what I have seen. Bullion prices should only relate to coins priced on melt value. It does directly increase and...
Good point about cash transactions though Mark T. Coin shows will be the wild west of trading, though the IRS could clamp down on dealers who...
I agree that currently this is the press' interpretation of the law, I disagree with a couple of other points. Regarding quantities of 1099's,...
Yeah, like Hontanai said, if you wish KM numbers buy KM. They are the generic guidebooks of modern coinage. They will not go into great detail...
Excellent post Doug. This is the type of post that should be flagged for a sticky. Like I explained in an earlier post, any kind of rarity scale...
Thanks Lehigh for the explanation. I was just chafing at people quickly condemning the toning from a photo. I have tried to photograph mint red...
Thanks Doug, I was not aware of that. I have a few with the beard I got with others over the years, and had not studied earlier issues of his.
Its not heresy at all to me. I am glad others feel the same regarding grades. I do love some of my high grade coins, such as early Sassanid coins,...
The tax attorney is right, there has always been the requirement to report paying out $600 or more. It has been only enforced towards companies...
I am just wondering how anyone can be sure it is artificial toning from a single photograph, especially when the reverse does not appear toned?...
Pj, Excellent reason to wish to get into ancients by the way. I don't own as many history books as coin books, but I believe I have about 400...
Excellent thoughts on price guides of course. Of course someone cannot use them as any kind of absolute value, even relativity scales such as RIC...
I take it that ASE is silver rounds? I was just thinking that I have a lot of these things and small bars laying around from odd lot purchases on...
I cannot see them that clearly. Julian II, (the apostate), almost always has a beard. He was known for it, and was made fun of in Constantius II's...
PJ, I would read and reread all of Doug Smith's post since he is an experienced ancient coin collector and will give you great advice. Regarding...
Just to add my point, the fact that older reference books are still valuable is treated as gospel in the ancient coin world. I find myself chasing...
The chopmark was applied in Asia. Remember that these were Trade dollars and at the time weren't even legal tender in the US. Chop marks do not...
Two things, copper that is still reddish is notoriously hard to photograph well, so I would look at it in hand first. Second, I have seen some...
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