I do think not having another round of Olympic coins is a great start, though. I think at this point they have regular commemoratives under...
I am with you, I love mixed lots. Even if its garbage like fake coins, or bulk modern world coins, its always great to get little extras in the...
They were all struck in year 2500, 1957 in our calendar. For some reason this was a very large issue, as these are the most common pre 1960 Thai...
I do look forward to seeing them, and looking up this coin too. I also have trouble telling Caracalla from Elagabalus, (as everyone here can tell...
I think more likely it was toned somewhere else, got spent together, (maybe more that three), and three just got happened to get rolled up...
I use flips as well, but then again I take my coins out and handle them whenever I feel like. Gotta love that freedom of ancients. :)
I used to collect too, but older than that. What ruined baseball cards was the start of too many of them ONLY for collectors. The older ones were...
I agree sir. I find most technical trading is based upon the fact that everyone does it. Does this make it less real? No, but theoretically I do...
True, circulated toned coins can be cool. Look at my avatar, its a Roman coin cleaned years ago, (like most ancients), but has retoned. To...
Well I never dealt with higher end cameo coins, so I don't know the market. I know cameos are higher than non cameo, but it used to be a large...
Yeah, but people around the world are used to having their currency worth X, and its not always necessarily about a dollar. Its simply your...
How about, "When you have opened up and read new responses to this thread at least 50 times now?" :)
I thought that the rule of thumb was when they were that young they were Caracalla. Elagabalus was a teenager portrayal. I think I am simply...
Yeah, but someone is getting rich. Remember that the next time you read some scary story written by someon ewho writes these newsletters for a...
I believe $25 was a good price for this coin. Its an interesting reverse, and with Hadrian's tie to the Nile makes it a $25 story to me at least....
Not trying to catch anyone sir. Could you explain why the 64 is pricier than the 65? Is it the cameo designation? A 64 cameo is frequently pricier...
That is simply not true. Branch mints made proofs as well, they were just scarcer. This month's Numismatist, page 27-28 has an article about them....
Just had a question for either proof or toned collectors. I just saw in the latest ANA magazine that a 1893 CC proof morgan in 65, (highly toned),...
If someone wanted to practice conserving coins, at least this would be a throwaway. Since its bronze, I would use a sharpened piece of brass and a...
These are notorious for being hard to attribute. I have a few, and yours looks similar to one of mine from Peter, but I would not dare say I know...
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