A splendid example, gmarguli. I would get one myself, but they seem so common! I guess I just keep procrastinating. :-D acl864 - lower grade...
antiquarica - good ancients, new ones almost weekly. Prices generally stay low, but theres a slight risk of misattribution (which usually works in...
Could you show both sides of each coin?
In general, the answer is a big, enormous YES IT CAN. Especially with high-grade coins. The criteria for MS-70 are, literally, microscopic. Of...
I love the elegantly simple design. Great coin!
Thats because they ARE cast. Almost all of them were originally.
I'm gonna be different and say 'maybe'. He obviously didn't specify what he meant by cameo. Yes, it does have a pleasing 'cameo effect' but it...
If God was a TPG, would cracking out be a sin?
All appear to be cast fakes to me. Although it is hard to tell with the low quality pictures, I'm fairly sure. The Syracusan tetradrachm in...
I've always had a penchant for New Jersey coppers....
Who'll be there? I know I will, but I'm waiting to see if anyone I know will be going to choose a date.
Well, seeing De Orc upload his interesting collection to a website made me realize how far I am behind on this kind of "paperwork." So I scanned...
Very nice! Much better than I expected when I opened the pic, in fact. There certainly is some silver in there. Your best bet is to post the...
Dyrrachium, Illyrium AR drachm. After 229 BC. Value: $30ish? http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sg/sg1900.html
Die clash?
That looks like regular circulation wear, coupled with the humid climate it circulated it. Sea-damage looks more like this:
These coins come from a very interesting and often forgotten part of US history/numismatics. I was pretty confused the first time I saw one too!...
Ahh, but if the process is identical to Natural, albeit slightly accelerated, would it still be considered "artificial" ?
I seem to have misunderstood the meaning of "cleaning" here. I meant to imply that lemon juice should be used for truly *dirty* coins. I'm not...
I said yes. People these days just love little plastic coffins for their coins. And whats more, the worse the coin, the more value added by the...
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