I agree. One of the great toning agents to coins is paper from mint paperwork. Paper should never be stored near coins if you wish to avoid this...
I agree. Most stuff US collectors take for granted as "being rare and collectible" bring a large collective yawn for other series. A pristine coin...
Great list. I guess my own point of view would somewhat argue about your last sentence. In the late Roman Empire and the "migration period" I bet...
I agree with you Bill. "Limes" is a convenient catchall for fourree cores, contemporary counterfeits, etc. without really denoting where they were...
I think its wonderful looking. Do you know where some are for sale?
I also would probably not be an ancient collector if not for the internet. Trust me, there was no one to turn to in Iowa for ancient coins, (at...
I understand sir, but I was just reading your response generically for everyone here. Clearly your examples are absurb, but if I walked up to your...
Yeah, don't tell Bill you like old lead pieces, he will have to hurt you, (or take your money so you cannot compete with him at auction). ;)
I understand you are a dealer sir, so more knowledgable than I on this, but I slightly disagree. If I hadn't asked a bullion dealer if he had any...
I agree with making a shorter list. One thing I would do is ASK. Too many people just browse past tables and only look to see what is out. Many...
No sir, my point was if a coin was a $10 coin in VG, it was a $45 coin in XF. Its scalable, if its a $4500 coin in XF, it was a $1000 coin in VG....
I would not disagree with that from the pic, I was trying to be optimistic. :(
Yeah, but a group of cash would most likely not be found with these, so the fact they were purchased together I believe is a coincidence. I...
Tough coin, since the type is one of the more common fakes out there. I know I wouldn't touch it if I saw it in a display case at a show. This one...
"Back in the day" for coin collecting there was such a formula. It is the basis of the 70 point grading scale. A VG10 was worth $10, and a XF45...
Hopefully you live in a humid, warmish environment. I say that because the cheapest source of distilled water is from your air conditioner or...
http://www.anythinganywhere.com/ http://www.fsrcoin.com/ Lots and lots of other great dealers out there, just pointing out two of them.
Frank Robinson has world coin lists. Bob Reis is also a great dealer. Those two off the top of my head are great.
Camels are scarce, but of course being a Central Asian collector not as rare for me. Sogdia produced 2 I am aware of, John A has one example of an...
Yeah, until the better quality fake slabs come out. They already have pretty good slabs with correct numbers on them, the main way to tell is the...
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