I have one fourree; bought early last year [2016] from CNG. It's of your avatar: a Lydian double silver siglos. I've been in Brazil so I haven't...
Could be a fourree, can you post a better pix? As far as the surface corrosion do you have any guess as to the composition? Is it copper,...
How nice were they? $2,000 sounds like a lot of money. I only paid $1,400 for mine out of Stack's, NYINCS, 8 Jan 2016, lot# 30074 ($1,645 w/...
Collect foreign coins instead: it lessens but may not completely eliminate the problem. I can go to a foreign coin show and find not one new...
Well fortunately Kunker is a very reliable firm. I have no doubt that if further tests show that the coin may be non-ancient, they'll have no...
Even "Deacon Ray" has a certain ring to it [no pun intended] that "Ancient Coin Ministry" doesn't. Make sure that people can look up who the real...
Well technically if you make these certificates, then you're establishing paperwork or a Provinance for those coins that you do sell. It might be...
There's a trend for pieces made by Ptolemy II to be mis-attributed to Ptolemy III. This nearly happened with my coin. I wish I could remember...
Thanks for the info. The typical large Ptolemaic bronzes are around 40 g so a 65 g specimen is unusual. Interesting that it's id'd as an...
Actually 10 years ago I had someone contact me on my website [Coinsandhistory] with the same request. Eventually I had them buy a coin from...
I'm very confused. You said it was an ounce but the coin itself says 2 pounds. That's 29.167 troy ounces.
Excellent coin Eduard. This is a coin I've always wanted to own and perhaps one of the reasons why I no collect US. Historically significant US...
Thanks very much for the history: I like this era also and really appreciate your writeup. So much so that when I saw a nice Charles I...
Thanks for your comments on my Agean turtle didrachma. Sorry about the delay in posting but I was resident in Brazil (Sao Paulo) for 3 years and...
Well I just have a semi-cheap one bought from Stack's NYICS auction, Jan 2016. It's the smooth shelled type, however I'm wondering if I should...
On the 1696 William III crown, I'd say a strong fine. I've seen worse & this one has decent detail and lettering. Also these pieces didn't have...
Quite interesting but note that the countermarks decrease, not increase the coin values. If it was a question of increasing copper costs,...
Thanks for comments. To close, I've decided to keep the table design and am trying to move things into Wordpress. I think there's a plugin...
I believe your analysis is incorrect from two aspects. These are: 1) Regarding the historical aspects of coins and: 2) The valuation of coins....
Thanks for making me feel better. For one of my last acquisitions I just paid 7X estimate!!! I think some auction firms also do that to get...
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