Rome has been touched on, so I will go over some resources for other regimes. For Byzantine and Venice, I like the books from John Julius Norwich....
I see the sprue at 1 o'clock. I also see some softness. Without seeing the edges or feeling the metal, what are the other tell tale signs on this...
:) Man sweet car. I go for more for imports, but that is a really cool car for a young guy to have!
Zach, Just a thought. I could have used the money from my coins when I was a younger man. There were always bills to pay. I am more of a hoarder...
So what about the other ones Doug? I do not collect Romans, so I admit I am a little out of my league. G is the other one that would look fishy to...
Great topic Doug. I think it really shows people the various degrees of imitations. "How do you know its not a fake?" is the number one question I...
The hard plastic ones do? I have not experienced that. I have some mint state halves in them for the last 20 years or more, and they still look...
The Secret Service regs on counterfeits was interesting, but the law that is more applicable is the Hobby Protection Act of 1978, (I believe). It...
Fair enough, I agree with you that dipping is a problem. Sorry, it just sounded like white coins couldn't exist, and I owned some original rolls...
I find this coin very interesting because of the double mounts. In India, holed coins were always double holed since when worn as a pendant they...
Sorry not really following you. There CAN be blast white coins that have just never toned. I have seen, (what I believe to be), original rolls of...
So A is an AE2? That makes it even more interesting. I think my mind assumed the size since I have seen these many times as 3's or smaller. Its...
Yes, I used the safety flips for long term storage. Doug, ok I understand about positioning. Just throwing something out there that I liked...
Bill, There are many good sellers of uncleaned coins on Ebay. Unfortunately there are a lot of bad ones. When I started on ancients, I was lured...
I agree with you that it is a preference and a somewhat arbitrary line. However, overdipped coins will not receive mint state grading if it has...
Just curious why do you dislike safety flips? I agree if you put them in holders in pages you cannot see the reverse. I just store everything in...
Toning like everyone has said is based on taste. Some say that a toned coin is by definition not mint state, since chemically toning is oxidation...
Stupid question, but if you cannot tell the difference between 69 and 70 why do you want to pay the price difference? Even if it is for cherry...
I have never bought a counterfeit on purpose, other than with groups the counterfeits came with. I have a small punch labelled "copy" that I punch...
I thought that was where you were going Doug, that is why I mentioned the three offhand I would not buy as ancient just on the face of it. Most of...
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