Btw, like many coins of this area, the fractional denominations are much more rare than the full units. Like Sassanid Persia, usually silver was...
Good post Doug. Yes, you are right, I was really only talking about worn dies more than weak strike. However, you should talk to many dealers...
Btw Matt, I do appreciate these threads you post. I am not an expert in this series, but enjoy your "guess the grades". I am not sure I could do...
I think it depends on what they call her cheek. Wear or cabinet friction. I would guess 64.
That is about the finest Type II I have ever seen. Congratulations on the spectacular specimen.
From what little I have read on the issue, we don't know for sure but believe many silver and gold flans were cast before striking, but not in...
For SNS, the book you posted was book #2. Book #1 covers Ardashir and his son Shapur I believe. I believe they are planning 5 books total, but...
The one other thing to think about is WHY. The coin you described is not terribly common. Things Doug talked about are very common, scratches on...
Split grades is always a problem. I always, (and feels its the only true solution), simply denote it as such, like your example would be a vg/vf....
Cool man. I love that feeling. I love buying misc piles and just putting them aside. A few year later you find them again, can't for your life...
I agree. Btw, I didn't pay anywhere near what the other one sold for, I paid more like what other type of examples were selling for historically....
That is the second book, but trust me that is a good price if anyone eevr wishes to research more about Sassanid coins. I have never seen that...
I can try to do it tonight, but with two youngins I always am crunched for time. Heck, I have 30-40 of my own Sassanids in the SDB not properly...
I say it sounds like you knew too much. I have tried to post ads in the Minneapolis one offering to pay fair prices, and appraise collections for...
I bet you always will remember it. :) I still remember my first ancient bronze and silver. I bought them at the same time, a bronze thessaly...
You don't have to be in Asia. Heck, there are some pretty good fakes all over the Asian markets here in MN. They are everywhere. However, modern...
Lol, sometimes I am pretty sure Anoob, (and maybe Bill), are the only ones who really care about the crazy stuff we talk about, and I am pretty...
True. Most ancient collectors have various degrees of fakes in their collection, from fakes made to fool shopkeepers in antiquity, to renaissance...
Btw, its great to talk about coins you like, but "favorite"? Its like picking a favorite child, you love them all. :D
Yeah, I really like early 20th century Italian. I have the 1 and 2 lire that is a recreation of a Roman chariot scene, and a few from the 1920's...
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