I was thinking the same thing as Mikey. If "modern" it can;t be a coin without a denomination. Which brings up an interesting point - am I right...
If you go to my website artscoins.com you will see the love token I use for my logo, as well as a story about it published in The Numismatist.
Thanks, Eng. I am having a lot of fun. Are there many dealers/ancients for sale at BCC? Our situations re ancients here at the Alexandria (VA)...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's my Domitian as. Please excuse my poor photography. This photo does not do the coin justice.
I had a fake in a collection I was selling for a client. An acknowledged expert dealer looked at the edge and showed me a casting line around the...
What is your coin club?
I would like to see the edge of this coin.
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Is there a way to tell whether the tooling is recent or antiquarian, or somewhere in between?
No. But it is beautiful to look at.
Thanks, Bing. While I was posting about the trumpets your post popped up. I didn't read it before I posted, but there it is. If you like, I will...
Thanks, John. This coin has grapes on the obverse and the silver trumpets on the reverse. We know it is the obverse because the "heads" has the...
As you suggest, John, I started a new thread on the Coins of the Bar Kokhba War.
I have three zuzim. I paid $887.50, $900, and $1,100 for them. There are plenty available in the $1,000 price range. But mine are AU-MS (NGC)....
Coins of the Bar Kokhba War The destruction of the Temple and sacking of Jerusalem in 70 CE did not completely annihilate Jewish resistance in...
Thanks, John. I hope I will learn how to do that. I have three zuzim. The one shown above, a jug for the water libation (although some say the...
Thanks, TIF. I love you profile photo. What a beautiful coin. And a triga. I have a pair of cuff links with two different Republic coins, one...
I am taking the liberty you extended, TIF, to talk about my speciality, coinage of the Bar Kokhba War in Judaea, 132-135 CE. These coins are all...
From the Talmud "Antoninus once said to Rabbi: It is my desire that my son Asverus should reign instead of me and that Tiberias17 should be...
Good to MS70, they're still only worth bullion value (which incidentally is sinking and still seeking a bottom.)
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