Mine would be from a group of Byzantine scyphates I bought. I bought them for $40 for 45 coins, (many were cruddy but I saw a few decent ones in...
I would doubt it, but its possible. These were the original "1804 dollars" or 1933 double eagles. For most of US coin collecting history these...
Very nice. Its cool to get involved in a subset and see coins like this, that you can discover how unusual it is. I bet you 100 roman coin...
Myself I use non-pvc plastic flips, and store them in either pages or boxes. Boxes for the coins I am more archiving than actively collecting, and...
Really? That is interesting. I used to assign an old 1930's article entitled, "Where are your clients yachts?". It basically dealt with the...
Me too. Man, Jim takes all of the good lines, eh?
Looks like California gold. I believe its a token produced afterwards.
Really cool Doug. I have seen these periodically, but hadn't gotten one yet. I have quite a few Bulgarian copies of Byzantine scyphates, but that...
Thanks Randy, that was the reverse I was seeing. There are many variations of the obverse, the most common being Philip/Zeus male head. These were...
If you put a gun to my head, I would guess a Macedonian bronze, with zeus pictured in pic 2, and the other two pics of the reverse with bow and...
If you wish to be a bullion/US coin dealer, then I would highly recommend your planned path. Ancients do not normally walk through the front door...
Exactly. Not much replaces experience and knowledge, actually come to think of it nothing replaces knowledge. Knowledge is a dealer and a...
Exactly Kasia. I have been saying this a long time, the coin market you and I know is somewhat at the "wholesale" level. We are informed buyers...
All I can say is education. Same as with telling a fake US coin, a fake Mexican 8 Pesos, and the like. Its a matter of handling hundred or...
I agree, I just posted the same on the other thread where Dave posted this. After seeing clearer pics I see 4-5 things wrong with it. I hate to...
Well if it were real it would be 2200 years old, but seeing more clear pictures I believe its a reproduction. Having it in hand would make me more...
I never said the Ostia was anywhere near the quality of your coin sir. That would be well into 5 figures, maybe six. :( The example I almost...
I agree that its a pretty ridiculous coin. I also like how pretty the NCLT maritime issues were, and considered buying some, but thought twice...
I understand Jason, but if I understand your business model correctly you would want a brick and mortar shop that would buy bullion and coins, and...
Man what a fantastic specimen. It kind of makes me sad of two similar items I had a chance to buy but for some reason I didn't. The first was a...
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