Ptolemy V, AR Tetradrachm, 13.99g. 26mm. Phoenician mint [IMG] Ptolemy V (Epiphanes) became pharoah or king at the age of 5 and ruled Egypt from...
"it is now a source of moisture to cause even worse problems than no desiccant," Not really, the SiO2 will release the water it holds only at...
Well actually you can do a lot more. In my experience the small packets of silica gel one finds in shoeboxes are practically worthless. You can...
Very nice Ptolemy V Cleo I as Isis. I've heard that recently the Egyptian Gov't is imposing restrictions as to the export of ancient coins.
Wonderful tet. I used to have one but sold it years ago during a brief moment when I lost interest in ancients. It wasn't like this one tho....
Many years ago (1972 or 73) I bought a Canadian collection from a retired M.D. that seems to be change set aside from when someone visited Canada...
Well not to be completely left out; this isn't a denarius but it is a legitimate Julius Caesar portrait, abeit one struck postumously in 38 BC....
Wonderful denarius, excellent centering and details. While years ago, not portrait JC's were looked down upon, today in this quality, they're...
Not interested in the giveaway but I will address the non-existent World Coin Forum issue. I guess with US coins you might have categories for...
Well they're not all crude. Some are well made and you can have coins from just about all the big players in the Mexican Civil War or Revolution...
Many years ago in a tourist town in southern New Jersy, when I was a kid, I had the bright idea of buying $300 of Canadian coins from a bank. You...
Okay here's mine. I only have one Egyptian coin but would love to get more. Also ancient Egypt had a proclivity for making large circulating...
Actually I like the earlier 200 reis nickel series. I think these ran from 1871 to 1900. My son picked up a worn 1871 for around $14 during the...
Collect nice foreign coins instead. You can go to a major show and not find a single piece, not at any price. I go to these local coin shows and...
While no expert on Brazilian coins, the Moedas Brasileiras catalog, 2015, lists the 1822 20 reis as a "falsas da epocha". I think this means a...
Actually as results from 2017 NYINCS come in I've seen a lot of very inferior pieces (Tortoises) bringing good sums. Your coin is very...
You can use an image editor like Corel Photopaint or Adobe to clip out those parts you want to move. Then move those objects on the top of a...
Just returned from Brazil, I can try to find the original CNG listing but I don't have the coin yet so I can't photo it. As soon as I get it,...
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