If you HAVE to use wood, real mahogany is best. Preferably older stock. This is what the coin cabinets of the 18th century were made out of.
Really? I remember reading about fake slabbed morgans, cents and lots of other coins I doubt you would consider coins for "noobs". The fake coin...
Its not a blow to the Krugerrand, its more of a blow to the slab market.
Um, auction results, CDN, any other sources. I guess I disagree with 99.99999% number. I HAVE seen valuable coins posted here with people not...
If it feels like a normal cent, (the aluminum ones will definitely be feelable lighter), then its a coated cent. I was not trying to drag this...
Um, maybe you need to read more as well. I just spent some time reviewing modern literature on the subject, and the Achaeans were the ones...
Archeology shows Greeks come from the Danube basin? That is news to me. We have well over 5,000 years of history showing them in Greece. When did...
Maybe I am, but weirder stuff has happened. Remember people HAVE posted authentic things like Continental Dollars found in pawn shops before. Now,...
I would tend to agree with John, Macedonia is the place, but its the king of Macedon. Its not worth getting into a snit over, though. Remember we...
Most likely, but it is a 74d, and they just discovered at least one. So, instead of 100% certainty its a chemistry experiment, we can only be...
What they are getting at OP is there is a slight chance yours could be a rare trial struck in aluminum to be given to Congress. The US government...
Not saying there is not good older stuff, and nice websites like our own @dougsmit and @Valentinian have. However, lots of not so great ones...
Yeah, but tons of them are wrong online too. Fortunately there is one great book on coins of Alex III, unfortunately its expensive because its...
I love the reverse and its incorporation of early Christian iconography.
Just like a tet from Alex III is a very stereotypical ancient coins, the Athenian owl is even more so. I don't even collect ancient greek and I...
I love the parrot comment. Every time I hear the word parrot, I think of Monty Python,"This parrot is never more, its bloody pushing up...
Personal experience. I know a man who was wanting to get into coins. He bought a few old silver dollars from a friend of a friend. When I let him...
Grading them is similar to grading any coin. Look at what a perfect one would look like and judge the level of wear on the current example. Every...
To all of those who "want" any of these pieces of garbage, do you realize the damage you are doing to your own hobby? By buying such stuff you are...
I read an article in the WSJ the other day, so I went to Aliexpress. Anyone who wants to know how scary these fakes are, and how cheap, should go...
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