Entry post :wideyed:. I love the prizes! A to replace one I stupidly sold as a kid B C
I wonder if baking would have worked better on the Claudius? When I had a bD outbreak in the 90s, and didn't have access to better info, it at...
I also hate when vcoins dealers don't mention it. Sometimes it'll be mentioned as "corrosion" and sometimes not at all. One can steer away from...
Wow, amazing!
Ah, well still close enough. They're still nice buys.
I love reading about obscure periods! Very nice write up and the context makes the coin pretty neat.
Neat! Do you think the black crud will come off? I suppose you can tell after years of experience, but how can you tellon some of these? Like...
I can easily afford one, but opportunity cost rears it's head. One day, I'll just buy it and be done with it.
I noticed the Sassanians tended to have some small town mints. Why? For military pay?
Pick bins are fun. The last one I remember doing was a Jon Kern one, c. 2010 (if one counts different priced bags as a pick bin). Did you end up...
My respect for DonnaML's collection was already high, but skyrocketed when she mentioned the most she had paid for a single coin. So, if I was...
Pretty cool! That's one emperor missing from my collection...opportunity cost.
Thanks!
Here's just a few of the cleaning videos I found on youtube. I wish these were around when I did mine. The Art of Cleaning Roman Coins - YouTube...
Where's Airan Khurra Shahpur?
Is the S-C mint the same as the C mint?
I'm pretty bad at cleaning coins, but I can assure you based upon personal experience that olive oil will just be a slimy mess. Distilled water...
I don't really collect that period and have no real expertise in this issue, but the second is the theory I'd favor. Now I kind of want one of...
The great thing about coins is their size. My other two main collections: 16inch radio transcriptions (huge) and 1930s radio sets/consoles. So...
[ATTACH] 36246. Bronze antoninianus, RIC V, part 2, 529, gF, soft strike, "S C" mint, weight 4.243g, maximum diameter 24mm, die axis 180o,...
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