True. Most ancient collectors have various degrees of fakes in their collection, from fakes made to fool shopkeepers in antiquity, to renaissance...
Btw, its great to talk about coins you like, but "favorite"? Its like picking a favorite child, you love them all. :D
Yeah, I really like early 20th century Italian. I have the 1 and 2 lire that is a recreation of a Roman chariot scene, and a few from the 1920's...
Terrific artifacts Dionysus and Anoob. The only precolumbian I own are the protomoney pieces. I love the culture and history, there is just so...
Like US cents? :) If our politicians sit on their rear and do nothing, (highly likely), just imagine how worthless cents will be in 20 years? By...
Just like all coins, when in circulation areas in between busy details never get touched and dirt can accumulate there, as will the last traces of...
Lol, who can?
I guess the same could be said of scarcity of modern Mexican coins? Its all the same man, whatever your interest and passion is, is what you...
I have a china cabinet my mother bought me. I think I will take some glassware junk out and put them in there. I have other artifacts, (judean...
Interesting coins sir. I collect coins from Uzbekistand quite a bit, but just older.
So I bought some Sogdian artifacts recently. I do not do this often, but these pieces moved me. These were all found in Ustrushana, which is...
I am not sure. They list it as incuse reverse. I am not positive if there was a negative die, or they struck the coin only on one side. I would...
Yeah, I really do need to photograph/film some of my stuff. I have two boxes, (about 75 coins per), of Sogdian and working on the third. Same with...
Lol, I am not a guru of these at all. Bill would be the closest to that. But yes, the reverse is an incuse design, just like some early Greek...
Yes, this is the more "hunnic" looking version of these. More of them copy Roman coins. It looks very much like the Shahi Tagin you have as your...
I do not think I do. I have many "symposium" books, but not that one. Is it in English? I see the cheapest example on Amazon is for $185.
Thanks for the link Doug. I was wrong, the other issue lik this sold at Triton in 2006 for $6100. I do like the other examples, and have seen a...
Others see it, but I don't. I could see dropping down to $21 maybe, but for some reason do not think we will see sub $20 again this year. Is...
So Anoob has been putting a hurting on me lately in the "unusual ancients" category. This is my retaliation. Its a 5th-8th century gold bracteate...
It can. I was simply talking generically about weights sir. Many people dismiss underweights because of circulation, but they are closer than you...
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