Really cool design, I agree with you. I have an auction catalog with one of those selling I kept just for the pic of that coin. I just got Hunt...
I was just wondering how many here were planning on going to CICF this April. I was trying to make plans, and if some of us wanted to get together...
I belong to ANA, ANS, ONS, ACCG, local ancient club, and maybe a couple of others. Clubs really are great ways to stay attached to your hobby and...
So the tetradrachms in the east were made to compete with Parthian Tets, or were the locals just used to that denomination from the Greeks? I have...
So these charts are at the beginning of each volume on Sears new series? I admit I have never seen them, though I own all of them.
Bowers has a book on obsoletes as well. Its not comprehensive, but can be found somewhat cheaply and is a very pretty book and a good read. Its a...
I see the luster is dull, do you think the black spots are residue Doug? At first I just assumed a old haze and the black spots were old nasty...
Well I disagree with Doug a touch here. I would say the law of large numbers should show that there are as many overweights as underweights, and...
Yeah, that coin could use a bath.
Everyone moving into early coppers, etc in this environment are in my estimation extremely smart. Collect what is not in voque and you will always...
Exactly. Scary when we agree huh? :) Btw, I never said premiums were non existent back then, but were labelled differently. "Original" coins with...
The style is wrong and it looks cast. Here is a photo of a real one. [ATTACH]
Based on the scan I wouldn't go higher than 25, but then again I can be tough, (not Doug tough, but still...) Being nicer in hand like you say...
"Make hay when the sun shines" as they say. The dealers haven't forgot about collectors, they just need to cash in on this opportunity right now....
Just depend on what you want. If just for "show and tell" I would look at some Romans or Chinese on Ebay. Late Roman pretty easy to identify as to...
I guess I am immune since my exwife was a smoker, and growing up everyone smoked. I can tell now when I am around smokers in their house, but...
Has to be the best US coin design in history. You get a whole quarter's worth of design on a nickel. I buy high grade examples of these every once...
Good one. :) I think it demonstrates all commodities are their own markets, and just because you believe all commodities should go up, (or...
Another factor is overhead allocation. These are the mints costs that have to be allocated to products. I am sure they can come up with a way to...
To be fair on this thread, I will voice support to toning collectors and say that extremely pretty rainbow toning has been around a lot longer...
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