Although there's still two months left in the year (including the Baltimore show at the end of this month), I'm almost certain that I've already...
That's a very worthwhile coin by itself, the pedigree adds to the interest, and if that famous former owner were also an ancestor of mine, I'd...
Indeed, Frank is a good guy and has lots of good "meat and potatoes" coins in his lists and auctions, though I've also noticed a lot more...
Annam (Vietnam), 1 phan. Inscription is Thuong Nguyen Thong Bao. This is listed in Toda in the "doubtful" section, post-1600. Here's a page...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Amul mint. AR drachm. Khusro I (531-579). Regnal Year 20. Obverse: Bust of king right, name before. Reverse:...
Xianfeng (1851-61), 10 cash, Board of Works mint. There were a huge number of high-denomination multiple cash coins issued during the Xianfeng...
Very interesting OP coin! I have this Umayyad AE fals that was overstruck on a late Roman AE3 (you can see some of the original Roman letters at...
The later Kushan staters can tend to be pretty debased in gold content. Perhaps your coin has a high percentage of silver in the alloy?
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Lead pashiz (17 mm, 3.76 g). Varhran V (420- 438). Obverse: Bust of king right, uncertain symbol in front....
[ATTACH] Japan. AR 1 yen. Meiji 16 (1883 AD). Multiple Chinese merchant or banker chopmarks on obverse and reverse, plus on reverse character...
... and I think I like this one even more than the previous one: [ATTACH] Celtic Central Europe and Asia Minor. AR drachm (2.80 g). c.2nd...
Slabbing is definitely a very personal decision. I don't like slabs for ancients and, if this were my coin, I would crack it. However, I can't...
... but this one looked cool and the price was right: [ATTACH] Carpathian Celts. c.3rd-1st century BC. AR reduced tetradrachm. Imitation of...
Hi @Mammothtooth , In another thread you asked for more information about this coin. I didn't want to crowd that thread, but here's a bit of...
[ATTACH] Indo-Parthian countermark on Parthian host coin. Host coin: Phraates IV (38-2 BC), Margiana mint (Sellwood type 52.19) AR drachm (2.74...
I have a backlog of coins that I haven't shared yet, so instead of procrastinating until I can produce thorough write-ups, I'm just going to go...
Nice explanation by @The Eidolon above of Pinyin versus Wade-Giles, and era titles versus names. Personally I strongly prefer Pinyin and avoid...
Yeah, the bottom one in the OP is a modern copy. The giveaway is the weird stippling in the blank areas of field (this looks different from...
Virginia halfpenny, 1773: [ATTACH] New Jersey cent: [ATTACH] Massachusetts cent: [ATTACH]
Museums do sometimes deaccession items from their collections, including coins. I seem to recall that the Boston Museum of Fine Arts sold a...
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