Love this! Great color, and it seems like nice Mercury toners are very few and far between.
Can I call dibs on silver coins of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty? :) Great coin, @panzerman! Why aren't people posting their Elagalabus and...
I've taken to browsing a large selection of a dealer's inventory on VCoins before I think about pulling the trigger. If a lot of their coins have...
I would like such a book as well. Unfortunately, the best info on the ancient minting process I've seen comes from books on counterfeit...
This can't be stated enough. You really need a full chem lab with ventilated hoods and proper lab technique to work with some of the necessary...
I've kept coins (and other things) for the same reason before. As for this coin, it looks good in the pictures. I can see where the portrait...
Any idea why? Something about the mint set packaging those years?
Yep, and then there are SUVs... and some people refer to their SUVs as "trucks," while, IIRC, in the state I grew up in, my parents' Tahoe was...
It's not a "rotation problem," just a little rotated reverse. No effect on the value or grade.
It was probably sent in with a minimum grade requirement to holder. You can specify a min grade and if it doesn't reach that, they won't...
It's not an original fractional. None of them had bears on them.
Here's how you can tell: http://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/2058_37656521_2200.jpg Looks like a rounded bust to me. Pics are not clear enough to...
This is all very simple. Corrosion is bad stuff that eats away the surface of the metal. Verdigris is bad stuff on copper that is green. Patina...
Awesome!! What are the markers?
I don't need a kit to tone ancient coins... I already know how to do it. ;) [IMG]
I'm going with struck through kale. :P I can't really tell from the photos, either, but I'm inclined to say PMD just because I'm having a hard...
Very nice! You should take some pics outside the flip. I see some crud that I hope is on the holder. If not, maybe it needs a bath in some...
Hah, when was this?
I agree with @Mainebill. Maybe someone knows some diagnostics that can definitively identify it, but I think it's a business strike, too.
I am basically in agreement with what you have here (except I think that dupondius is a little too red!). Even for common coins, I would rather...
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