Yeah, huhhhhhh? I see the beadwork on most dates of higher grade SLQ's, but it seems to disappear on lower grade examples, (merges into rim)....
It is an interesting piece OP. Thanks for sharing. I would be interested to hear if this was a known contemporary counterfeit, jewelry piece, or...
:) You would think they are "spare", but one has a group of grapes, one has the head of a nymph, and another is an earlier issue holding a cup....
@ancientcoinguru Here is mine, photo by CNG: [ATTACH] The portrait looks like my mother when she was younger, she kept greyhounds, and the...
Lol, depends on what you are talking about. If you include Chinese ancients, then maybe I am around 8-10,000 coins. I wouldn't want to get my US...
I believe its a 1927 as well sir. Look at the angle. Here is a pic of a 1921 dated coin: [ATTACH] See how the 1 is completely upright? The...
I agree. I would start on another silver coin you have found metal detecting and practice. Also, I would reiterate a few points from others: 1....
You are probably correct sir. I never saw the price until today, as there was a tiny little sticker over it. However, it appears to me someone...
The sad part is my lack of photography skills couple with silver being reflective, means the photograph is very bad. The Alex tet, especially, is...
So my local dealer had a random group of ancients come in, and of course I am always a sucker for random groups of ancients. Its not really my...
I agree. Not a famous hoard. Another point that is important even for US collectors to grasp. A slab does NOT add value to a coin. It makes it...
And that is great man. Doug gets excited by a new eastern mint SS, and I get excited by a common Sogdian piece with a cross on the reverse. Those...
I agree. Severus has coins we could call "geeky cool", (most of us here would be labelled coin geeks), but not non-geek cool, something that would...
If the OP is talking another 2008, cash is the best. For as much as some pm people like to deride cash, it performed the best in 2008. Even gold...
Um, not sure how to respond to the nerd aspect of this thread. My degrees are in accounting and Finance, and I am currently a Doctoral student. Is...
Hard to tell sir. What kind of downturn? A downturn where everything falls, and the wealthy suffer as much as anyone? Then I would say something...
Its an attractive piece. I do not blame you for wanting it. You know as well as I do Ken there are two competing aspects of this hobby. There are...
I understand sir, but I would still consider your coin 1 to be higher reverse style than coin 2, and just the reverse for the obverse. Since coins...
Its just experience sir. Lots of looking, paying attention, etc. One good thing to do is peruse a site like CNG. Pay attention to which coins and...
I would say a few things are happening with these two coins IoM, and I would like to talk about them for further illumination to new collectors....
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