Both PCGS and NGC have collector's clubs you can sign up for. Some of the membership levels include vouchers for free grading and can be a better...
I usually did. Most of the time. Not always. One advantage to sticking to the 20-coin limit is that when you spot something you want, you know...
"Box of 20" is fun but takes discipline and a bit of material detachment, because every time you want to add a new baby, you have to sacrifice one...
In many places, a real hodgepodge of stuff circulated, when there were shortages of small-denomination coins. Medals also got worn by being...
I notice the Numista listing (in your first link) gives it a Rarity index of 95 (on a scale of 1-100), based on what's out there - just in other...
@TrademarkRob (hey, good name!;)) - welcome to CoinTalk! Sorry I was absent when you joined up. Below is mine, in copper, with a hole. I was...
And this is the assessment I agree with. Looks like a cud or similar die-related anomaly to me?
I should probably examine this software @goossen has been discussing...
CollectiveCoin is indeed a great free site for cataloging your collection, and I've been an enthusiastic user, but I've noticed one mildly...
I like Commodus #1, with Trajan second.
Nice score! That's a great pictorial love token, done in high Victorian style from the peak of the fashion, circa 1880s-'90s. (The "Golden Age"...
German States (Brunswick-Lüneburg): silver bracteate of William Longsword, ca. 1195-1213 [IMG]
MS64, softly struck.
Aargh! I missed out! I am a descendant of JQA and have been looking for one of these ancients with his pedigree for years. I'll get one...
Ditto. You're well ahead of me on the photography front.
Nope. Don't think so. Minor planchet irregularities, is what that looks like to me.
Funny abbreviation there. Makes it sound like a very impaired Proof. I prefer PO01.
"Halve"? ;) Nice coin. Usually mint set toners from this era are not my cuppa tea, but I like that one. The toning isn't too streaky or patchy....
I like them both, but the contrasting patina on that sestertius in the OP is especially handsome. My old, rather humble, LV sestertius: [ATTACH]...
Atlantis Mint poured silver "loaf" style bar. Had a couple of these last year. Fun. [IMG]
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