I like it, looks like roll toning from the center of the roll.
Fair enough, I wouldn't buy it unless in hand as well. I was just referring to swirls or circles of toning, which I have on some seated and capped...
You sure Doug? The circle on the obverse corresponds to where the smaller fields opens up to a larger field, (not sure if I am explaining it...
I agree with Kryptonite that I have seen multiples of this toning. Looks like folder or mainla envelope toning.
To the OP, I would suggest what others have, you start as a vest pocket dealer and not worry about "inventory" The biggest thing is knowledge. You...
^^ This. If I can continue to learn without buying another coin I might, but buying the coins gives me the "kick in the rear" to learn more about...
I have always liked the Tetrarchy coins. I don't have many but have been meaning to get more. I just love the art nouveau look of the post reform...
Good point. There is a shady dealer in XXXXXXXXX, (X'ed out to protect the guilty), who got caught because of serial numbers. The police went to...
Of course I was not there, but I am talking about gold and silver metal content of coins and their relative value to each other in monetary...
So supply and demand has been constant at 16:1 for over 4000 years, never varying? Kinda hard to believe that in no period of time one would not...
I would be very hesitant to look at this ratio as well, for all of the reasons you have stated Krispy. They have nothing to do with each other,...
Well the ratio has been adhered to for at least 4,000 years of human history up until the last 40 years or so. I am not sure that is a folly on...
Another point to consider with uncleaned coins is that by and large they have been checked. Trust me, the diggers and subsequent wholesale buyer...
It was my fault. I remembered the wolf and twins types but forgot that it also covers many LRBC types. Its coverage of these types is great,...
Die Spätrömisch Kupferprägung, by Guido Bruck, if anyone else is looking for a book on late Romans, especially the Wolf and Twins series. In...
Well I for one hope that I misunderstood the article and he meant only cabinet friction, but it appears much has changed as you say. Please let us...
A reference, in German, on a very specific coin type issued in the late Roman Empire timeframe, issued in the late 50's, is incredibly vague? If I...
Lots of websites to help, and most of the good advice has already been given here. Slow and gentle is best, you may get some good coins. You will...
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