Thank you for your response. Yes, the patina is definitely different and a big red flag. Yours are smooth, and the patina evenly blends in as...
I did see a counterfeit on numistika.com and here. Not much intel on how to identify the fake, but there are some great images of fakes in the...
I didn't know until today that coin collecting in Russia was illegal until some time in the 20th century... makes me wonder how so many have...
good catch
This is the side of the specimen [ATTACH]
I came upon... what appears to be an Ekaterina I Plate money Kopeck today, and I am trying to research it for authenticity purposes. There are...
My Hartill book arrived. Here is the page referencing the coin. Any idea why there is no reverse pictures for 16.406, 7, 8 and 9? [ATTACH]
thank you very much for the thoughtful response. This is a new frontier for me. I love numismatics because of what it can teach you about...
yes, definitely bad editing on my part. Here are better pictures. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
From ChatGPT: What Chongning Chongbao coinage from the Northern Song Dynasty has the same obverse and reverse? Chongning Chongbao coins were a...
There are a lot of the coins with a blank reverse for sale on ebay but none with the same obverse/reverse or same diameter/weight.
I think I narrowed down the time period - 1102-1106 AD but not the specific coin -- Yet. I found a picture of a similar coin here (no reference)...
Unfortunately I do not…
Came across this coin today but have no idea where to start my research. Can anyone point me to a post or a good website to start researching...
What do you experts think of this coin -- is it a counterfeit? It's up for auction here but the auction house is in Thailand (1 bad review and no...
I'm looking for a book that has researched them... any recommendations?
There is a good amount of learning on the whistle.edu site like this auction...
thank you-similar but not 100% like the others. It seems that Carlo is on quite a few coins… this series might be a new passion project…
Here is a silver coin that I purchased recently. I'm trying to dig to figure out all I can about the coin and what it represents. [ATTACH]...
LOL--how long can I blame my fatuity on being new to ancients? :-)
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