How do you know its Roman? (not being smart here - I don't know what identifies it as Roman as opposed to something else, or something modern...
I do my research and only buy certified coins which I am reasonably assured of their authenticity (checking for fake slabs, too, of course.) And,...
Some good advice here already! I'll leave it open until this weekend, and I will choose the first winners. Keep it coming!
As much as I usually prefer NGC, their world coin value search is one of the jankiest api's on the web. When it's "working" it barely works, and...
You bump a 12 year old thread to trash on Excel? Oh, corporal, you are tiresome sometimes.
As usual, I was a point low compared to the TPGs. Or, the TPG was a point high compared to me ;) It probably didn't get the star because the...
Yes. There were only 4 obverse dies used for the 09-S VDB. The mintmark location varies very slightly between each of the 4, and they are well...
Get that to NGC right away! If its genuine, that's a $1000 coin.
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Could you elaborate a bit on the "like these" part? From this emperor? From this mint? From this time period? Or, are you saying that almost all...
I have many, many coins that make me happy. I have coins that are incredibly rare, incredibly beautiful, incredibly expensive, or have a great...
Kind of the opposite actually - this is too random to happen intentionally. An employee-made error is going to be something fantastic, and...
Yes, I do.
It's a Sidi Mohammad Benduqi from AH 1277 (Morocco). Very, very rare, probably 5 known. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm into prooflike coinage, and there's a decent bit of good material from the 1816 to 1823 range.
Very impressive! That is a gorgeous piece. I don't have any gold, but I do have some Guatemalan silver.
So you did. I wasn't looking for text below the images ;)
The hole goes *right* through the date. That's a killer for me (well, the hole itself is killer for me - but you really, really don't want it...
Understand that the hole is not the only problem on this coin, it's just the first one listed. The surfaces have also been stripped, and polished....
Hey y'all! I'm always interested in hearing what advice you wish you had known when you started collecting. What do wish someone had told you as...
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