Nice coins! I like those big Trajan sestertii. Something about them, even when they're worn they're so appealing! [ATTACH]
Very nice!
I think this one is my smallest. [ATTACH] Next: A coin you bought as an upgrade for one you already owned.
Heated arguments for/against slabbing ancients. Who cares? Don't answer that, by the way. :p
A couple more I got in recently - My oldest Chinese coin to date. This one is from the Qin Dynasty, famous for the emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 -...
I had been roughly organizing my coins in 4 main groups: Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, Ancient Judaea, and Ancient Chinese. Within each group I...
What a find!
Here's one I bought recently: [ATTACH]
I have a Galba denarius, and Vitellius isn't too hard to get. But Otho seems to be the most expensive of the A.D. 69 emperors. I wanted to get an...
Nice! That's an iconic coin, but affordable examples are hard to find. Congrats!
Beautiful coin! Not surprised you're stoked about it! :) Someday I will join that club!
How long do you suppose that would take? It can't be terribly much faster than "old cabinet" toning can it?
For what it's worth, the toning I am talking about (and prefer) is the dark/black type which beautifully highlights the details of a coin. Not the...
It's an interesting question. I know that there are plenty of collectors who view artificial toning like tooling - an unacceptable alteration of...
This is my second oldest: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Next: more "Roma". How about an "URBS ROMA" ?
This one is my oldest - someday I'd like to take a better picture: [ATTACH]
@mikenoodle That is so cool!!! Congratulations on the new job as well!
@Steelers72 That's one of the finest Nero portraits I've ever seen!
[ATTACH] Next: silver of the same Claudius (imperial preferred, but provincial will work too)
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