Cast means a coin is copied from a real one, and a cast copy made. Usually you can see tiny air bubbles on the surface, and details will be...
Surprised you found one still around. Those went to the smelters by the bagful in the late 70's.
Its a good metal technically for coinage. I simply find the metal not that attractive. Most metals in the world actually look similar, kind of...
How much Randy? Its a tremendous obverse.
I use www.comparegoldprices.com. They have all of these with comparison pricing done for you. Great resource. I find if you buy from a reputable...
Cool type. Many get bored with the genius reverses since they were probably the most common reverses of the period. As a type, though, i always...
I am not the one giving a crud about what others do. My issue with these billionaire investors is how they are manipulative. Remember when Soros...
Sweet piece man. Maybe hook a brother up if you ever see another for sale. :)
Or, look on Ebay for almost every early bronze being sold from eastern europe. There is a textbook worth of tooling there....
I am not positive its a cast fake, but definitely a fake. I have seen some very round sassanid issues, so that is not the dead giveaway. To me its...
Looks like an excellent resource sir. Don't you find yourself enjoying the coins you own more since you know so much more about them. In some...
Some are kind of interesting. My problem with modern issues is most of them have not even been there themselves. Most are minted in Europe or the...
I guess i was assuming the states for the ASE part, but still believe that nowadays there is slightly less risk with coins versus bars. 25 years...
I wouldn't worry about getting silver bars. If you want .999 instead of .90 purity, simply get ASE's. Much easier to sell if you need to, plus the...
Metal flow. Check out the layout of both sides of the coin.
My only objections to the coin versus the sellers pics would be the reverse scratches in the fields. If those bother you, I would say there is...
Predicting $2400+ gold price by next summer. Oh happy days that our "expert" everyone loves to quote is back on the prognosticating bandwagon. Its...
Mine looks pretty similar. I just got an inexpensive example off of Frank Robinson's bargain list one time to say I had one. If I collected Romans...
I hear you, but if that innocuous possibly old light cleaning gives that coin a details grade, something is seriously wrong. The only issue to me...
I believe its the camera lens or angle the coin is tilted Tim if i had to guess. I would agree probably light cleaning. I would also say the rim...
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