Dang Martin, congrats. Much better eyes that I have. :)
Good to know. Just explaining my viewpoint that the mint has gotten much better than in the past. Your post seems to validate that view. :)
Then I guess your fourth image is upside down. I simply can make out a legend trace. Bottom line looks like late roman, most likely Constantius II.
I think its a great time to be picking those up Green. Nice quiet series, get to have time to pick just the coins you want, good idea. Those were...
Jason, I expect you will find these are valued based upon denomination, if there is a date showing, and percent offcenter. I would go to a large...
Going to the New York International? If going there, you do not worry about fakes. Any dealer with a fake there will have it labeled for you I...
Yes sir it does. It was not used as a currency, but it was their greatest store of value. Something does not need to be a currency in order to be...
Look at a worn coin you know is authentic. Just pick a US one. Look at it closely. See how the highest points are worn, leaving no detail and...
Well, I bought a bunch of stuff on the secondary market from the 70's and early 80's. That is my baseline sir, and I don't think the overall...
Scales can help, especially with certain issues. For this one probably not. I got a small electronic scale off of Ebay for about $60 to give you...
Look at the edge sir. See the line running around the coin? Its the casting seem. Its a cast fake. Chris
Looks like a 1963 Thai coin of king Rama IX. If you show the reverse I can tell you the denomination.
Yeah, but dirt has "value". I simply am wondering if they are an advance species will they have any use for gold, or would our uses for gold look...
Um, please change the subject guys. Family site.
It will be interesting to see if US coins start gonig up again. For ancients, we have been in a multi year bull market. Prices are about double...
Yes, its difficult to work with and refine is what I read. Just like aluminum used to be as valuable as silver until we learned to refine it...
Lol sounds like some collector giving up on collecting these. :) Either that or someone's wife needed gas money.
I agree Mike that gold works as a contant now, but always be careful. Sometimes it doesn't. I simply use reported inflation numbers and compound...
There are books on Roman countermarks. Howgego I believe has a good one. They can be pricey though, its out of print. We cannot trace them to...
Very true, but its also true of all elements above Iron, and we have no way of knowing if our distribution of rarity of created elements is...
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