Congrats on your restart into collecting. Your five coins are very nice, the Titus esp. for its portrait. The Vespasian reverse "Eagle" looks a...
Thats nuts, your coin is at least a MS-63. I have seen MS-64/65s that are not as nice as your example. Here is my 63/ Norweb coin/ yours is way...
Here is "El Libertador" Simon Bolivar AV 8 Escudos[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That coin has nice portrait/ shows the "Cross of Lorraine/ exquisite piece.
I had a top "10" for 2020/ back in January 1/2020. I ended up only getting one of them:( My top "5" for 2021..... MS AV 8 Escudos from Potosi...
I won a coin from Newman collection / Heritage. It was NGC grade MS-65/ the old dealer paper envelope from 1955 had grade at EF. Its the first...
AV Stater ND Salamis Mint Nikokreon I 330-10 King of Cyprus Ptolemy's Satrap (Governor) in Province of Cyprus) Next up: Coin struck under...
I like the coins that are graded as EF. Then you get the coin delivered by mailman/ open the letter/ note that your coin looks FDC. This happened...
Byzantine Empire/ Restored AV Hyperpyron ND Constntinople Mint Andronicus II 1282-1290 Crappy strike/ next another awfull coin[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
UK is same as German basically Good EF/EF+ = MS61 -63 EF = AU-58/ MS-60/61 close to EF/ EF- = AU-50/53/55 Good VF/VF+= EF45/48
I would say European/UK grading vs TPG slabbers NGC/PGGS Kunker has it bang on....although CNG grades European/UK style Stempelglanz= MS66+ fast...
It ended up selling for 150 Sfrcs+ fees/ Stacks sold a NGC MS* 5/5 5/5 for $3600US/ that would be a CNG EF!
Papillon Numismatics/ auction 3 list this AV 1/8 Stater Pella Mint Philip II of Macedon Condition VF I would grade it as "Good" thats being...
I agree. I picked up three coins/ all where "European" graded/ and where better deals then auction route. The last one was a AV Macedon 1/8 Stater...
Just to update/ I found a second AV Tremissis of Theudebert II minted in Clermonte...[ATTACH]
I always go the auction route. However, I have gotten some really nice coins from ma-shops site. Quality/ prices where better in cases then...
Byzantine Empire AV Solidus ND Constantinople Mint Nicephorus II/ Basil I 963-69 Obverse: Nicephorus II/ Basil I Reverse: Christ / Divine...
This 1796 Dukat from Frankfurt shows "City Landscape" Hills in background. This coin was struck while Imperial City was under Occupation by French...
You probably know way more about coins, then some pencil pushing govt. beauracrat. These "control freaks" want to stop all private ownership of...
I have a modern Haiti AV 500 Gourdes Proof/ Canadian 20 Dollar bill reverse/ Goddess of Fertility/ left boob/ bare;)[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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