Not my area at all - but I'd still like to have one! I think these early coins kind of blur the lines between coin and ingot, and presumably...
Nice Trier coins, everyone! I'm fond of the mint too. Here's a couple of Constantine's QVIES types, recognizing the retirement of Diocletian and...
Hi Mike, That's an interesting coin, but I think it has to be unofficial. It's strange that RIC 430 exists as a listed type at all since it's at...
Yes, he's evidentially using the label "collector" as applying to anyone buying coins, regardless of motivation (as opposed to, say,...
:) That eagle with the incuse punch is definitely a keeper! At least you're half way there ... buying, but just not selling!
So it seems, no surprise, that we have mostly "type 1" (non-investment) collectors here, although of course the lines may be a bit blurred. I'm...
There's an interesting discussion on the latest (#9) episode of Aaron Berk's podcast on "the two types" of collectors and buying coins with an eye...
He said studied (past tense), and Bastien's article was published in NC 1973, so it must predate that. This is all he had to say: [ATTACH] It's...
In Pierre Bastien's "Coins with a double effigy issued by Licinius, at Nicomedia, Cyzicus and Antioch" (1973) he refers, without reference, to a...
Maybe shill bidding - keep "reselling" it until a real bidder steps up with an acceptable price ?
I'm surprised if that's the cheapest method possible, but who knows. Pretty ridiculous when you consider the actual cost of international...
So, here's a case in point ... I live in NJ, awaiting this coin ... I'm pretty sure the most cost effective route from one part of NJ to another...
Well, much easier to make junk like this than high quality fakes of more expensive types that are going to attract more scrutiny, and...
It seems a rather oddly conceived collection. Having seen who's included from the tetrarchic/Constantinian era, and who's not, I'm left scratching...
Here's a few ... Arles was very fond of their Christian symbols and repeated them a few times, so here's the X being used again twice after...
Yes, an interesting and unusual type, but certainly real. Edit: Just in case it's not obvious, I mean the type is real, not OP's coin. There...
I've got to say that my experience with eBay has been overwhelmingly positive. I'm pretty cynical by nature, but dealing with endless strangers on...
At 10,000 vs 3,000 miles, surely Australia is the "bargain" there! As an interesting comparison I just bought a copy of Ferrando II, a large...
I guess when the freshness expires (i.e. oxidation proceeds) you could dip it and apply a fake rainbow toning ? Kinda like a supermarket chicken...
Well, IANAL, but I assume it's OK as long as the coin meets the appropriate cutoff issue date, but you could potentially have problems if the...
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