Good point. With Byzantine AE's, mint state is a 10/10 rarity. They often didn't look pristine, even on day one. Even though I can overlook...
I won't do this very often. I just happened to buy a fun, confuse-a-cat coin to offer up as a GTG, fun edition. It might make the slabbers go...
That would be wonderful if I could set up something like that and improve upon my miserable coin photography. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 20...
On my excel spreadsheet I graded the original coin (the top picture) aVF by wear, corroded. A 1990's fixed price list probably would have listed...
Any other guesses before I reveal what I would have graded it? I bought the coin as an oddity and learning experience.
I forgot to add, with ancient grading one can have half-grades, like Fine plus (or about VF - both of which are the same thing).
It's somewhat obscured by the heavy patina, but there is wear around the ear/laurel crown of the obverse. The second pic was more of a patina...
This is more for fun, as the coin isn't slabbed. About 75% of ancients collectors have this attitude towards slabbing: (the media embed didn't...
Questions to pick from (at least 3 per entry) are: 1) Are you looking for pre-determined specific coins or are a bargain-hunter? For example, if...
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[ATTACH] Justin I AE31 Follis. Nikomedia. SB 83. 518-527 AD. 17.72g. (An unusually nice one). --- [ATTACH] Justinian I AE30 follis....
I've seen both 40 nummi and 40 nummia. Also follis. The name of the denomination. There's 5, 10, 20, etc. And invest some time in the history....
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/savoca_gmbh__co_kg-234/ancient-coins/ancient-27428.aspx?#!/category/ancient/?idCategory=27428&searchDisplayAsList=...
Yeah, those were actually better than the $3.00 Holy Land 'uncleaned' ones I received, although one can't expect anything much for $3. They...
It's all about learning. We've all made mistakes. Your mistake wasn't too expensive, so no super harm done. I'd go with my suggestion, leave...
Dirtyoldcoins has a 'few' genres which are uncleaned/close to uncleaned. I sampled most of the genres last year. Most of the 'uncleaned' genres...
That's very nice of you. Yep, those were about the quality of the 2004 era coins. Actual uncleaneds are getting much harder to find. Perhaps...
I ordered coins like those in the picture, from dirtyoldcoins in 2004, when the coins were actually uncleaned - it's incredibly rare to find...
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