I got 10/10 but admit I "educated guessed" on a couple. :)
Could be a fourree, a fake, or it could simply be a coin that lost weight due to leeching. Some coins, especially random ground finds, can lose...
Mikey shows what I have noticed. I own a few Carolingian coins, but Charles always goes outrageously high.
Thanks for the info. :)
Are you sure sir star notes are offered as uncut sheets? I hear what you are saying, buying uncut sheets allow nefarious people to create errors....
If the date had included a 7 there would have been a suspicion of a dropped letter. That is when a die accumulates dirt and metal in a number and...
Old lacquer applied by collectors in the 19th century?
We say idiots casually, like when you see someone paying over face value for gift cards. However, once someone buys an item on Ebay, the money...
Hmm, I have collected most coins around the world at one point in time. Still own them actually. So its hard for me to say I am not "into" US coin...
No, unfortunately I bought it from a dealer at FUN who did not have a photo of it on his website for me to steal. I thought it was the better of...
My favorite I bought last year at FUN. Here is a pic online I found, but its not nearly as nice as mine. I had to pay $600 for it, but its a nice,...
Um, young sir, I have been in business for about three decades. You do not even want to talk education. I have taught Finance at prestigious MBA...
Let''s get back to original topics. Sure, these modern proofs aren'the of great value, but they are of some value. I doubt a dealer is busy making...
Usually short term stock losses put pressure on PM. PM dived in late 2008-2009 due to people selling PM to cover stock losses.
I was under the understanding the first coin with a Christian symbol was an Axumite coin, not a Roman one.
As a long time shopper for books, I agree. The prices for our esoteric little books are literally all over the board, especially out of print...
One thing I have learned in thus hobby is to rely on and trust specialists in a series. I would trust this man on Albanian coins more than anyone...
No, not really. Every emperor wanted circulation coins to bear his image. However, there are documented special issues amongst ancients that were...
Augustus was a coin fancier of Greek coins but no evidence suggests he did anything special with Roman coins. However, I go back to the original...
While that Arab-Byzantine is scarce, that Arab-Sassanian is downright rare. I would guess are the two most expensive of your new purchases.
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