You're asking about eye appeal. It doesn't change the value of the coin, of course, but it can make it harder to sell if you want to. If you...
I have always thought the difference between a collector and a numismatist is books. A numismatist spends a lot more time studying and learning...
I'd find something else to do with my time
I can't give a fair opinion about the acetone bath, except to say if I tried it I'd probably ruin the coin. I'm on the fence about submitting for...
I don't know, man. I have an antique glass water bottle that I put loose change in. I'm anxious for the day far in the future when that thing...
I don't see it that way. I think the kids starting out as collectors today are doing it the same way and for the same reasons we did. They're...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I do believe this will make me a rich man, right?
was 64 now 65
I'm thinking higher than most. Original MS65, now MS66
Doesn't look like it has been reprocessed, to me. Might have been cleaned at some point, though.
Bronze Marcus Ambibulus Prutah Coin
It does look like a counterstamp, but maybe it was a counterstamp used by a brothel that didn't have their own tokens?
Do a quick search for brothel token. You'll see there were quite a few tokens made with that word. It wasn't meant to be derogatory. It was...
Hmm, yakpoo showed an example from Heritage Auctions that has a coin with all the points I made looking like yours. I think the Heritage coin is...
I think it's fake. My first clue was the hair. Where the hair is under the E in your pic, it should be under the B, so LIBERTY should shift...
Looks like a stamping blank to me. They're for making jewelry. You can buy them on amazon, and even with the antique look this one has.
1539 was a significant year for the Masons and the Knights Templar. It's some kind of Masonic pendant.
At first I was thinking it looks real to me, but now I believe it's a pretty good fake. I didn't find anything on the obverse that indicates a...
In the images where the "doubling" shows up it looks like machine doubling to me.
MS64, but I don't think DDO
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