The winner of the contest for $60 + postage paid is: 2nd place winners! I had a hard time deciding 2nd place prizes which are $30 + postage....
I knew it would end badly when he disregarded the fatal reigns of Charles I and II and went for Charles III. At least he didn't start a new Civil...
Well I've got 2 of them anways! [ATTACH] Rome, L.C. Sulla denarius, Stack's 2008, lot# 257, I think it was around $2,750. at the time. Having a...
No, I am not familiar with this collection. I'd like to learn more about it tho.
Wow that X shillings is just stunning. A very nice piece.
nice but it's not ancient.
This contest is officially closed. Now working on judging & awards.
This contest is closing tonite at 11:59:59.999. There are I think 4 entries.
Note that I didn't say it wasn't a coin of Otho. I said that it doesn't look like Otho. In the Colonial coinage of the Spanish Kings...
Thanks for the info. The T&V {Thurlow & Vecchi; Italian Cast Coinage} is really helpful in terms of sorting this stuff out and providing metrics....
Sorry but that's Galba. Whoever worked at the Antioch mint got the bust wrong. Yes it might say "Otho" but it doesn't look like him. On the...
Thanks very much. This is the last weekend before the contest closes (on Feb 4th). Now we have 4 entries!
Another favorite of mine: Commodus as Hercules. I'm looking for the sestertius depicting that. I've a bronze As bought from a friend in TX when...
Portrait Julius Caesar denarii have always been quite desirable and I have never gotten one. I do have the portrait bronze As/Sestersius of him...
Very nice. There are some big Asses in the BM. I had an appointment to see them but ran out of time. To clarify, BM is the British Museum. You...
Only 3 entries to date. Anyone who enters thus can get a 25% chance of winning as entry #4.
Gv No Quartr =12 char with spaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'll Give No Quarter 3 4 2 7 =16 no spaces =20 with spaces from I'll GIVE NO...
Generally coins above $500 are often auctioned in the World area. The theory is that unusual coins are too expensive for a dealer to tie up in...
Maybe that's why you think "Everything is a guess"? “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only...
I bet they wrote "coin cleaners" on the front of the store... Despite going to the bank many times and searching for silver since 1973, I have...
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