Excellent thoughts on price guides of course. Of course someone cannot use them as any kind of absolute value, even relativity scales such as RIC...
I take it that ASE is silver rounds? I was just thinking that I have a lot of these things and small bars laying around from odd lot purchases on...
I cannot see them that clearly. Julian II, (the apostate), almost always has a beard. He was known for it, and was made fun of in Constantius II's...
PJ, I would read and reread all of Doug Smith's post since he is an experienced ancient coin collector and will give you great advice. Regarding...
Just to add my point, the fact that older reference books are still valuable is treated as gospel in the ancient coin world. I find myself chasing...
The chopmark was applied in Asia. Remember that these were Trade dollars and at the time weren't even legal tender in the US. Chop marks do not...
Two things, copper that is still reddish is notoriously hard to photograph well, so I would look at it in hand first. Second, I have seen some...
Yes, I saw the work,. It was really nice. I have had friends from a previous coin club get holes repaired and were similar quality and that is...
Thanks for the help guys, especially for the link to the company who does it. I understand that it would not be a VF coin with the hole, and TPG...
I am not sure about the value proposition. From what I remember there used to be a guy who would do a coin for about $100 and it was great work. I...
Or just think of going with safety flips. Maybe I am an oddball here, but I like to handle my coins sometimes, so I chafe at secured 2x2's, and...
Maybe this has been discussed before, but does anyone have the contact information for a person who does a good job repairing holed coins? I...
What reference did you check? I do not have my library handy, but this coin looks familiar.
Due to the softness in the recessed design, I would say that it is most likely a cast. I am somewhat happy thinking that a real coin was not used...
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