Yes, "melt plus small premium" was my instinct as well, but of course I don't know anything about it. I wouldn't buy it - not for $10K and not...
I'm unqualified to comment on the price (which would be a moot point anyway if you're happy with it), but I will say that is a very handsome piece...
As to Zeno, I did once have a solidus, holed in antiquity, which was the centerpiece of my trademark "Holey Gold Hat". Zeno (emperor of the East,...
Great little coins! That one with the wide flan is really neat looking. What I like about tremissis pieces is that they're often relatively...
Update: this item went to eBay on Sunday, 10/8/17. (It was listed at a 65-cent start with no reserve and free shipping.) Update 10/11- well,...
Here is a VCoins search using "Aretas IV" as a keyword, for comparison.
Stephen's coins are almost always ugly, in my limited experience. I had one (Watford type) with a pretty nice portrait on it once upon a time,...
Lovely, but ... untoned! ;) Gold is good any way you can get it, of course.
I think that's the one I'm gonna go for. I just like it better overall, despite the worry about the possible mount, which will hopefully prove to...
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Yes! From @H8_modern! Weren't you a winner in that same contest? I liked it so much that I sent it off for grading. And it's going into the...
PS- that is the IDEAL avatar for you! Don't. Change. It. Ever. That cool peripheral toning and rectangular shape work perfectly.
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Thank you. It is good to be "Eclectic", and sample lots of different things. Until last year I even had one modern coin in the box. I might add...
Maybe I'll find the SD card for that camera and upload the magic moment if you'd like to stare at an almost black screen and listen to some...
Umm, funny you should mention that, given an unpleasant incident which happened to me in that same field a few days later. Let's just say I had a...
A Rainy Day In Georgia (Fossil Hunt, June 12, 2017) I was stuck at home, sweltering because our power had been knocked out by a big thunderstorm...
Those Colorado alpine pix were awesome. I'd love to see that. @Moundsvillemike75 chose the Loonie prize. @coin_nut will be getting the Bahamian...
I do hope you will get that representative type set. Have you tried web searching for similar examples?
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