Btw, there is a beard there too, just harder to make out. Look at his chin, that is the beard protruding that far out, not the actual chin. :)
I would agree with this. Its close for me, but I see two tiny spots it looks like they are merged, but it is very close.
Another problem with a half silver, half gold WL half, (besides the fact there are none other known, and the US mint has never struck a coin like...
Most everyone else here do not know that. ;)
His coin looks Ummayid.
Nope, no such thing as too many coins. I have found ancients literally everywhere in my house, having no idea how they got there. Still, not "too...
I agree. Economic prosperity has time and again been shown to be a function of good governmental policies, (fair court system, IP rights,...
It shouldn't be that way sir. Numismatists should properly use the term improperly cleaned, but life being like it is, many just use the term...
Numismatically, what most people mean by a cleaned coin is IMPROPERLY cleaned. A properly cleaned coin will have no trace it was ever cleaned. An...
And when Doug means tiny fraction, he means we make like $100 million a year in seignorage and we overspend our income by like a trillion. The...
Relating to Arab Sassanian coins, they really didn't abstract the head much. When the Arabs took over a couple of things were happening. One,...
C-B-D, thank you very much for sharing. I agree, especially at first glance, its a well done fake. Is it me, or do others have a hard time...
There used to be a good dealer there, then an insane man, (no, literally), but last I heard he wasn't open to the public. I am glad a good dealer...
I would agree with crack. Its in the right place for one, and looks too jagged for a scratch.
I agree with this. Tim, you aren't a know it all, since you have only been collecting a few years. However, documented facts are facts, and at 6...
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Shipping coins to China or Africa? Not for me. I buy coins from China regularly, but just a few dealers I trust.
Btw, which shop? Christopher's, Stamps and Stuff, or someone else? My favorite dealer of all time was Ben Marlenee, but when the building his shop...
Yes, but you do know what I am saying. I can go to my sdb today and pull out 20 1942d VG WL halves. Every one might be "unique", but are worth...
It was a wise move economically, as the cost of defense was becoming overly burdensome to the Roman economy by this time. If the Roman empire...
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