Just recently I got my 1st EBAY coin! However I had to return it AND I gave a neg to a guy who had 4,000 positive reviews. It was a 1912...
Happened to me too last fall. Wife found out how much I spent for my Claudius II medallion which happens to be my avatar in this site. Dinner &...
If the mint sells them for $1 it might be worth getting a bag, picking out the nicest 50 and then selling the remaining 950 to a bank at face. If...
Usually this happens, with coins dealers in my experience. I'll give one example. In 1999 we bought a house & I decided to sell some of my US...
Hi Eduard, I seem to recall reading something about these in H. Flatt's 5 volume series on Peruvian coins. However, I'm in Panama at present &...
I think The Celator ran an article on coins of Scipio a few years back. I'll have to find the article to be sure but weren't they conjectured? I...
Maybe it was bitten by a Darlocke?
Of course that depends on one's viewpoint. From the Darlock's perspective it is the mangy biological life entities which are over running the...
Very nice it looks a lot better than a 61 from the photo but of course there is a limited amount one can tell from a photo. Also unlike USA...
This one is my favorite. Actually it would be neat to make a die of the obverse and overstrike some of our absymal state quarters with this...
coin bought in mall over Xmas vacation in Panama This guy wanted to befriend me in Linkedin back when I was in the US before Xmas vacation. He...
An 8? Very nice. Is this L'an 8 on the reverse? Also the mint mark & engraver marks are on the reverse.
Not really. I could try looking it up but can't do this any better than you can. Knowing the mint mark on the reverse would be a help. Also the...
nice Union et Force 5 francs [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Union et Force 5 francs is one of the most historical & sought after (in high grade or rare...
Nice pieces, particularly the gold escudo. I guess these were made in very small quantity for payment of government debts or government VIPs and...
Hi Derick, Actually the Dos Bandaras or 2 Flags type 8 escudos were continued on beyond 1834 as "engraver trials". I was told by Carlos Jaras,...
I forgot to hit reply with quote. Bright & cleaned were referring to a 1932-S Washington quarter someone posted here. On the Athenian tet I'd...
I wonder how much this could be cleaned & how much is plain honest wear from being spent. I guess they think it's a bit brighter than it should be?
I know I should stay in the foreign area, but.... These are not rare, about 10 years ago apparently a large hoard of classical Athenian tets was...
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