Myself, I always follow, "bid at last second as much as I would pay" strategy. I snipe everything, and if I don't win I don't have a chance to...
Its pretty hard to be an ancient collector and not collect Romans. Its not that I dislike them, I just prefer more esoteric interests like...
You are right Doug that another dip would do it, but still may require a little scrub with cotton. I was just suggesting something to try and not...
I agree with you. Remember the late 70's? Same thing. Most dealers were caught up in PM simply because so much was moving with them at the time....
I would be nervous as well EEW. You have not proven anything. I buy from certain sellers often, with some of them only selling something once a...
To me there are two types of coin shops. One is the old fashioned one where they wish to sell retail, help out new collectors, etc. These are...
If the OP does not want to take it back to the dealer, (I would though, he should have seen the residue and if he missed it he should make it...
Yes, very nice style Rex. Even though I try to not get dragged too far into Roman collecting, I do like the styles in the Trajan-Hadrian era. The...
[ATTACH] Here is another being sold. It is a much better coin, but shows some of the problem with the style I have avoided. I mean, who wants a...
To the OP, yes there is very bad toning. Do not ever buy a coin with matte black toning, as this has progressed passed innocent toning and is...
Great patch man. I was just attached to the 3rd AD in the Gulf war for a couple of months, so am not trying to pretend to be a hardened Armor...
Indeed, good to see Vets here. I am especially impressed with the CSM retiree. I learned early on you do not mess with a CSM. I started out as a...
Agree, great post. I debated on this forum a few months ago that I experienced definite wear loss on old barbers and SL halves, and was kind of...
+1 Everyone here even though they have different vantage points are correct. We all take our level of knowledge and try to over generalize to...
The 1.6 to 1 figure is highly dubious. It was put together by an environmental think tank. Any numbers like this are meaningless unless someone...
Thanks Doug for a great writeup. I have coins of Aretas and Pompey, maybe Hyrcanus. I was just going to use this coin as an augment of my Nabatean...
And I have posted I have seen toning being performed that would in every way replicate your bottom three types Paul. I was "speaking in tongues"...
Just throwing this out there, but how does anyone know what percentage of "album toning" that is "good" is really from old albums? You state that...
Yeah, when I looked at the pics first, I thougth he was posting a die used for both siliqua and AE3's until I read the message. Lol.
Doug, I am curious why you feel Renwax should be banned. I use it all of the time for ancients, it is a reversable product designed by the BM and...
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