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I agree. I don't see much difference between tooling a coin and taking an absolutely flat bronze slug and completely tooling your own coin.
It's not uncommon that the dot, an indentation on the die, gets filled with silver from a previous strike and it sticks there. Following strikes...
Ignore my previous post about a difference in sizes what I edited out. the bronze and gold plated bronze are both 1 1/2 inches. It was wrong...
In this Bicentenial Medal series there was a 1 1/2 inch gold plated bronze, 45,163 issued. It appears to be the same as their 1 1/2 inch bronze...
You do not see bags of over 100gm Ptolemaic coins at coin fairs. You saw bags of much lighter weight Ptolemaic bronzes. And the coin you held in...
I want my click back.
Just for the sake of accuracy this type was minted by Balakros under Alexander the Great. Not Arsames. But still from Tarsos as denoted by the...
Well said John. [IMG]
What's most interesting to me about this find, and I see no reason to think this is not an authentic find, is the condition of the coins. As he...
Well said! And how I also collect.
Yes! Most people who return a coin and get a refund do not leave negative feedback even when it was justified and even when the seller...
Pegasi Numismatics coins are always overpriced IMO. But if there's a coin you really like, and you can afford it, buy it. I have never regretted...
At first it seems as if they are good guys as far as returns. But think about this, if they fought against returns they would receive negative...
Great thread! I've seen unscrupulous seller's use the phrase "caveat emptor" "Let the buyer beware" as an excuse to get over on customers. "Hey,...
I'm surprised. I guess they decided it wasn't PVC. But it sure looks like it. I would still be concerned if it was my coin.
Yeah looks like PVC contamination. A general rule is that green on the high points of coins is most likely PVC because that is where the coin...
I also grew up in the Pittsburgh area so this is cool to see.
Right. There is often confusion surrounding the VOC coins. This coin was made for circulation in the Dutch East Indies in Indonesia. Dutch New...
Actually not useless at all. The more people use sniping programs the less early bidding wars will happen. Those early tit for tat bidding wars...
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