I circled it in red. Is that some kind of toning? Or is it some kind of environmental damage? Or acid damage? [ATTACH]
Maybe for my next coin ;)
Oh wow that's pretty impressive. I wish I could test the purity of my coins just for fun. In a non-destructive way.
I paid $230 for a 1/10th oz 2021 AGE. That's about $75/gram considering it's 3.11 grams of gold. Usually smaller sized bars sell for...
It’s a scam. It’s brass not gold.
I was actually checking out one of the Alexander ones but I think the one I saw was a gold stater not a tetradrachm.
I don't think there will be any limits on them right? My guess is there will be plenty to go around. But $42 is a fair price to make sure you do...
I agree with that. Just the fact that it’s 2,400 years old makes it unique :P Thanks mommy! (That doesn’t sound right xD)
Only if you can afford them xD. I think this will be my last coin for a few months until I can save up for another. The next coin I’m planning...
Yeah the owl is one of the symbols of Athena :). I agree they made amazing coins back in ancient times. Especially Greece & Rome.
Thanks! I won an auction on the owl I shared in this thread and I was just curious what the purity of it was. It’s cool to hear that it’s nearly...
Well 100% purity is impossible. Even today 99.999% is about the closest to purity we can get. But some ancient coins like the Persian gold Daric...
Nope. I’ve always bought my coins outright from coin shops or online. I have bid on a few coins before but I always lost the auction on them in...
I guess I should be specific. Do you know what the purity of the Athenian Owl Tetradrachm is? I’m just curious if it’s 17.8 grams of nearly pure...
The coinage in the old days in America was 90% silver for coins like the Morgan Dollar and 90% gold for coins like the St. Gaudens Double Eagle...
I’ll be honest I don’t really focus on one specific type of collection. I just buy coins that I think are beautiful and represent a time period...
Agreed! I read somewhere that Theodore Roosevelt found Ancient coins to be beautiful and wanted American coinage to be the same way which...
I wish xD Nah I bid $1,250 and then there was a $250 buyers premium so $1500 total. The bidder I beat bid $1200 so I paid $50 more than him.
Thanks guys! It’s funny you mention that because according to the description the reverse was minted with “high relief dies”. [ATTACH]
Thanks :) yeah I agree! Definitely has good luster too. Can you guess what I bid on it?
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