I made a deal with the seller. I combined this one and the high grade Camel/Fire Alter coin he had in a bundle price. :) I was very tempted at...
Yeah, I saw you on that coin Steve. I bid on maybe ten of those tesserae today and only got two of them. Oh well.
Don't some countries also have a sales tax in addition to the built in VAT tax? I believe Canada does.
Btw, here are a few antiquities I purchased from Ustrushana just to put them in one place. [ATTACH] Here is an Eastern Christian cross. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrisabz For those interested, here is a little blurb about the city. It is now called Shahrisabz, and is the...
Want to hear the weirdest part? Due to the rarity of this coin, I bid a maximum of $150, (lower than I would if it were a higher grade example). I...
Good questions, and I am not in a great position to school you sir. All I can go on is the attributions in both Russian and Michiner references....
So, I will participate, but change it a little. Since I refuse to say what people should own, I will simply state my opinion on the prettiest US...
I actually found the oddest part of his list to be both Type I and Type II standing liberty quarters. :) This gets to the issue though. I am...
The hoard piles are my special place! It will go into one of my Central Asia boxes in the SDB, along with many many others.
Sorry, its actually an AE20, so decent sized. To put in LRB terms, a small AE2.
I believe the only answer can be 10 coins that THEY love. In coin collecting, since its our hobby, no one has the right to say what anyone should...
I understand how it looks like certain Kidarite issues. This was actually struck a few centuries after the Kidarite silver coins. However,...
Another purchase from a while ago. I know it doesn't look terribly impressive: [ATTACH] but its a terrifically important coin in Sogdian...
Those look a little better to me actually sir. There was a thread on CT a few years back on mintmark positions and shapes on the 1916D. I would...
Here is a little rarity. I know I don't post a ton of new purchases, but rest assured I am buying regularly. I know I ramble on about Sogdian...
I agree with others. At first blush, the D looks like it should be worn for an AG like this. Most of the time a coin in this grade, if a mintmark...
I agree as well. It could be the pic, but what is reinforcing the opinion to me is the deep black in the crevices. My suspicion is this coin was...
I agree with others. Listen, a "market price" by definition will have some specimens going for below, as well as specimens going for more. Every...
Well, I would say they did that since you actually HAVE functioning governments over there. Our Congress and President simply insists in testing...
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