Take the coin to a jewelry store and ask them to weigh it for you, or to a coin dealer. Good luck.
Please don't do that. One of the true joys of ancient coins is tactile.
Treat me like a slow learner. Is this a fake? Why?
Thank you for not putting a picture of Woody Allen!
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When people first start to buy ancient coins, they are surprised at how small they can be. Also if you go for silver, the pieces can be...
I love how the early American settlers wore Greco-Roman togas.
When I got laid off in 1999 and money was short, McD's was having some kind of special something and hamburgers were 15 cents and cheeseburgers 20...
At a flea market over the weekend, a seller handed me a "silver" ancient coin priced at $300 and I told him it wasn't worth $1...huge casting seam...
Words have power........and some have definitions.
Wasn't sure if it would be worth trying to do anything. Thought I would give folks a chuckle though.
That's the one that stopped me in my tracks!
Off the top of my head, wet some tissue paper, line the cutout hole with it and let it dry, insert coin.
I think many coin dealers have hand-held units, or send it to @BadThad he's got some KILLER stuff.
Are all these fakes? https://www.ebay.com/sch/uncle_jons_attic/m.html?item=222688871909&ul_noapp=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
You bought a Morgan dollar for $5?
When I worked at a tech company in San Diego, we used to go dumpster diving in the industrial park we were located in. One guy found a 5 lb...
highrating_lowprice is well known...and well known to be avoided.
Smart to ask.
Happy Birthday Mike
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