I hope your brother is recovering well Paul. As for the coin, well there are reasons why coin survivorship is lower than mintage, right? Its a...
I think I read Espana on the bottom reverse, so my guess would be a medal for Spain, if not struck there.
Yes, sogdcoins is a decent site, as is zeno.ru. Sogdcoins appears to basically have the Shagalov book on Chach coins online.
They look Seleukid. Hopefully JA will comment.
For Sogdian coins, pay most attention to the tamghas. The tamghas were the real indication of who was in charge, and was the one thing everyone...
Oh, ok man. I was thinking it was further down. I guess I am showing my Indian geographical ignorance again. I just wish I could get "into" Indian...
Exceptional coin Vic, I am not sure the coin itself is not worth the premium, regardless of provenance!
Based upon how the strike interacts with the cuts, I would say PMD as well sir. Also, it looks to have been cleaned extensively. Unless it is your...
Weird. Yes, the Skythians controlled Chach before the arrival of the Yueh Chi, (later Kushans), but a mint in India would be about 1500 miles away...
Sorry I didn't notice this thread earlier. Chach is usually lumped in with Sogdia. It was an oasis. It has one of the more diverse pre-islamic...
I miss Johnny. The show was never the same.
I thought you were going to comment on how a Republican in Baltimore is about as rare as a Democrat in Shreveport......... you went the other way...
I agree. I even knew of a couple of dealers who specialized in this, buying up group lots of coins from famous collections just to resell for the...
Not really sure where this rant was going. Are dealers biased in grading their coins? Yeah, some are unethically biased. How do you protect...
Heck, I haven't seen you in many of our conversations with Doug, Paul, MorganDude and I regarding grading either sir. I haven't been around here...
Fair enough Paul. I was only trying to clarify what you were saying. As for your "test", why don't you post one? I have rarely seen an undergraded...
Um, maybe because he has done it longer than many of them, and he does not have his pay and stock options tied to what grade he assigns or what...
No, it is the responsibility of the quoter to ensure the quote is not taken out of context. If someone picks and chooses to quote only a sentence...
I don't understand why a collector needs to submit coins to a TPG for his opinion to be valid Paul. Are you saying my opinion on them is invalid...
True, that is the gist of the issue. Why do people accept a "grade" that does not conform to our hobby's stated grading system? That is the...
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