Any idea why the H* run is so much more popular than the B*?
I would say this is the exact same coin, and not a cast, just based on the pictures. Clearly the wear pattern and centering are exactly the same,...
I agree with everyone else so far. I rank them from most to least preferred as 3, 2, 1, but I think 3 and 2 are about equally nice, with just a...
Yeah, even searching "facing left" under Imperial coins only shows about 30 examples out of 112 search results that have the ruler facing left....
Littleton and CAPS also make type set albums. I think the 7070 is nice in terms of balancing the coins it includes vs what it leaves out, but I...
It seems like if you look at 100 Roman coins, 99 of them will have the ruler's bust facing right. Why is that?
Hard to say, but I'd guess 55. Have you given it a bath in acetone and/or xylene yet? I'm wondering if that dark stuff is crud or toning.
None of my coins have ever been misplaced for more than a few minutes, luckily. :) Hey, buddy, that's called conservation! :P
Since it's been illegal to melt cents and nickels for almost 10 years, I don't think very many people are.
I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Jewelry-TBBSC-Precision-Milligram-Reloading/dp/B012IJCI1Y It's a 50g x .001g scale and came with the two...
The only tips I would offer are: Don't be afraid to wait for (and pay for) quality. If the choice is between buying one of the expensive coins...
I love these coin photography threads, particularly the "cheap" ones. ;) A photo rig is on my list of things to acquire soon. What if one was...
I took a look at this person's listings. They only have two coin and currency listings: one the one you linked to; and the other a very worn,...
Interesting, and it does sound like a cast based on your description. I'm not familiar with these and have no idea why anyone would fake one,...
Too bad. :( Even the good ones miss every once in a while.
Vespasian looks a little younger here than I'm used to seeing him. Is that just because the provincial celatores didn't have a good idea what he...
This is a great article, @SuperDave. Thanks for posting this.
Great job! I'd say the next step in this coin's conservation should be to leave it alone for at least 6 months and see how the surface retones.
Based on the pictures here, I agree. :) This makes it look even nicer. ;)
Kinda funny, too, how when it went from MS64 to MS65, the color got upgraded from "gold and blue" to "cobalt and burgundy." :) Nice pick-up.
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