I guess I just don't know. Without strength in Asia buying I cannot see it moving strongly up. We might be near a bottom but I simply see sideways...
Well we know both methods were used. The "snow leopard" type was actually made both ways, some cast and others struck on cast flans. I can't tell...
I agree. Heck, I bought a few London mint examples a few months ago looking just like your coin OP. BTW, the reverse is upside down. ;)
I don't see any mintmarks on any of your coins. Are you checking for mintmarks on the reverse? The earlier pieces with a mintmark are most likely...
Wonderful to hear. Could you please post whenever its done? I would hate to miss it. I liked his first book so much I actually bought two copies. :)
Sweet coin, to say the least. If I were going to own a Greek gold, that would be it. I love Babylon mint Alexander's. THere just seems to be extra...
Good job identifying them Mat. I don't have that patience. Any I go into the "maybe in retirement I will have time" pile.
Search through CoinTalk and you will find posts on it. As a beginning, you can always use acetone and distilled water. Let the coin dry naturally...
It was an interesting piece, but I bet you most of us would have very different uses for that kind of coin money. I could buy 20 of the most...
This is true of new collectors. Old farts like us who have been around coins for 40 years clean them all of the time, but we KNOW WHAT WE ARE...
No, many other people will read this. I admit I have cleaned junk silver, things like cruddy 1962 quarters. I did it to learn how to correctly...
It won't OP, but why are you wanting to? Are you wanting to learn how to clean? That would be the only reason I would think it might make sense.
Mint was in a tough place. Limit the mintage to 17,000 like the other ones and hear howls from the collecting community, or increase mintages and...
Yes, on some of these coins the cross is more flowery like the one on that link. I actually have a cross amulet found beneath a famous monastery...
I like the coin man. The reverse reminds me of the gold coins of a little later era, like Constans.
Yes, its a Christian cross. The same seller has a better one for sale, ($400), that shows a different cross, "fatter". Without knowing the...
So another Sogdian purchase, (anyone bored yet?). This one is from Bukhara. The ruler is named Vardanzi. A seller had two of these for sale,...
I bet registry fever is the reason. Some people have to have "the best" even though 99% of regular collectors would gladly choose your coin over...
Wow, you are not kidding rare. I have never seen or heard about the piece! Cool.
Other than the Kufic script issues? DO you have an example? I learned of this coin's importance from a Russian title with a small English summary...
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