Nice topic. I tend to buy the worn examples mainly because I too cant afford those nice CNG examples or even Heritage. They are beauties to look...
This coin was one of those "it called to me" pieces & it was just listed as I visited the site for it. I wasnt gonna barter the price lower or...
I was in the market to get some new late romans and this particular one below caught my eye and most of all it's price, under $10:hail: I think...
Who cares if its common or unpopular so long as you like it. I like it alot myself. Great pickup!
That leopold does have some nice toning.
Doug himself posts on here & is always helpful, even to the seasoned ancient collectors on this board. They are common but like american pennies,...
Yes its silver.
No problem. Just know there was millions of roman coins minted through the empires years and many were buried & are found from metal detecting and...
I have a 8 reales myself from 1788. They are pretty cool coins. I have the smaller denominations like you found but they are barely a few steps...
If it was in better shape it would be a $25-$50 coin depending on the mint it was made. Still thats a awesome for a roll find, congrats!
You found that while roll searching? Wow. Its a common spanish real coin. I cant tell the denomination but it looks like a 1 real. In that shape...
Good place to start would be below. http://dougsmith.ancients.info/ http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp http://www.wildwinds.com/
Thanks for the update!
Those are cool, I like them.
Hmm, honestly I leave the new arrival out of the flip for a few days and hold it/enjoy it and sometimes look at it with a loupe and after the...
I got back into collecting in 09 and purchased the 2011 when it was released. From reading this thread and other sites, I will probably pass on...
Also important to learn/watch for fakes and a great resource is below. http://www.forgerynetwork.com/
Probably one of the best. http://dougsmith.ancients.info/ Also http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp
Not really, thats why I dont have any greek silvers, most are over a hundred and too many fakes that scare me away from buying any.
Well the Partian, one of Alexander the great, one from Rhodes, & one of Ptolemy can go for several hundred $ each. Islamics, maybe $40-$60 each.
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