Are you sure some of that is not PMD from mechanical sorters or something? I agree the coin is weakly struck, but look at all of the marks in the...
My Vitellius looks like everyone else's here, (save for IOM of course). They sure must have circulated for long after his rule, since I find most...
I am just wondering how much could be the lighting? This is why I hate making such judgments on the internet, how a coin is lit and photographed...
So here was my other surprise from the auction today. Let's see how many people can read my mind, (I am pretty transparent). Which coin did I care...
Yeah, you get very low and price books are irrelevant. Basically you are paying a dealer hassle price. I am guessing you can buy them in pick...
Affect on PM? Why? Small localized war not affecting major gold producing or gold buying areas. Heck, there are ten other wars going on around the...
Well, here is it: [ATTACH] Not much to look at for some, but by gosh I wanted it. I have the gold version, but this is the silver miliresion of...
Good point. I get that affliction as well. You see the starting bid, and the price its currently at, and somehow that lower price gets locked in...
Nice coins, but above my price range for a coin. I have one or two I would pull the trigger around $10k, but not that high. I do know the feeling...
It was always confusing to me too. In hand you do see a difference in the fields and frosting, but as a US collector you are conditioned that...
Seated quarters? Good gosh, talk about a glutton for punishment. Pretty coins, but like 10 just brutal coins. I looked at them, but settled on...
Its ok. I used to know most of the by heart, (not stuff when it got into the tens of millions or gold though). I don't anymore. I just remember...
Exact mintages, some like 264,000 and 484,000 which should be familiar to many US collectors. Most of what I remember are relative mintages, like...
Its the "almost always" that I have a problem with I guess sir. "Many times", yeah I agree, "often times", probably, "almost always", no. I went...
Charles, yes, it appears to be an Anastasius. He was the one who reformed Byzantine coins to the Follis, half follis, etc scheme. Coins in...
I am not really for or against you on this thread Vic, I think you can see that in my previous post. One thing I would say about shows is the...
Lol, you too? My first redbook was the 1976 bicentennial edition, hardcover, (that is all they printed then). Those covers lasted about a year,...
Here is how I see it: [ATTACH] Maybe the "A" was intentionally hidden in the leaf design. It wouldn't be the first time for this. OTOH, it...
I have bought coins from both venues successfully. Just Sunday I went to a local show. I found a AE30 roman provincial coin. I paid $35 for it,...
I don't see an A, I see a top to a leaf in the wreath.
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