We all do it Doug when a thread gets necroed. No harm, especially when it was a good thread to begin with. Regarding grading, I still feel like...
Um, I will take that bet. Seller selling something he does not know much about from China, yeah, its a great move to buy early BU US coins out of...
Still won't help. A lot of it is still on the buyers to KNOW they have a counterfeit. Unfortunately many will never know this for years until the...
No, the detail is not too good to be true sir. Heck, I have PILES of cash from 10th century, first century, even 2nd century bc wish as good of...
I own about 5-10 thousand of these, and have never seen this gold coloring on one. Most are uniform brown, but some of the older ones, (Sung and...
I am not a fan of the shen of these coins. Maybe they are ok, but something in my eye didn't like them when I first opened the picture. Do you...
You just can't fix stupid. Its listings like this that is turning Ebay into simply a US based Alibaba. I find myself searching there less and...
Its a fairly nice one, I would say more than a few bucks. Maybe $10-15 as a good buy.
Byzantine, at first glance appears to be Justinian. Denomination is I=10, so 10 nummi or quarter follis.
Fair points Doug, especially the last. I know I am guilt of not commenting enough on others coins at times. I respect everything that others...
I believe the OP said the sellers terms listed he had to pay for shipping it back, not the seller. That is why he was asking the question here. I...
True. I have been drawn more to Hard Time tokens, Civil War tokens, and colonial coins more than I ever was when I collected US coins. They just...
Yeah, even though I have a few bigger auctions for me coming up, I just bought a group of 5 Thai pod duangs. To me, a collector collects. Now I...
I agree, but there are always certain coins the loss stings more than usual. :(
Just in time for the Ebay coin fraud department's disbandment. Thanks for the warning. Yeah, I simply need to stop buying coins I am not...
I agree. OP, you are in the driver's seat here. If the seller says he won't pay return shipping, well, you never received your item, right? So, in...
Coins that got away? Oh the horror stories I could tell. One happened about a year ago on Ebay. It was a Emessa stone Elagabalus. Pretty coin,...
Odd that they charge higher for online only access than printed editions. Most are the other way around, figuring they are saving postage.
3 tweet length limit? Good gosh man, not only do I not know what the heck that is, but I have never had a posting say "maximum limit reached."...
Yes, its an Arab-Byzantine coin of the Standing Caliph type. These were made in the early days of Islam, after the Islamic armies defeated...
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