Thanks for that very informative link but trying to master this area seems more difficult than any area of numismatics. I better go back to just...
I was at a coin show a few says ago and a table with ancient coins also had a number of artifacts such as these two arrow heads, which I would...
Whether it would be a Franklin or not (probably, though) we would have circulating fifty cent pieces around. It is difficult for younger folks to...
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She lives some distance from me but she had some help working with one of the Vcoins dealers who lives near her and from whom I have purchased...
I am blessed in that my son-in-law does this very thing with my granddaughters though the subject matter is more geared to fairy tale stories
Fortunate, indeed.
Last week I posted my wife's Saturnalia gift to me. Yesterday one of my daughters sent me two coins she purchased for me from a dealer near her...
I used to think that I was pretty good at spotting fakes, even when I had the coin in hand. I might have bought this coin, myself. Even from...
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I would like a bit of input on the authenticity of this coin which I am not sure of. The weight of the coin is 3.9 grams, which is fine, but the...
A very nice Saturnalia gift from my wife. It looks a lot better in hand than it does from my cell phone camera.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, indeed and I am very glad to get that expert opinion The reason why I asked what he had detected is that I looked at the coin and saw no...
Thanks. I appreciate your input. Any other readers detect something amiss? I will have to check out the "pressing" method. I had not heard of that...
Thanks for your input but could you be a bit more specific on why you think that? Does it appear to be struck from a die or does it appear to be a...
I need some help on this one. It appears to be a Corinthian stater or one of its colonies' staters, but it is a crude strike. If you look at the...
This may be but it is possible that these siliquae were pulled out of circulation in Britain and hoarded for a century or so before reappearing as...
Just to give readers an idea of how clipped these siliquae could be, here is a side by side comparison of a Valens siliqua, ca, 375 at 2.2 grams...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Fascinating series, the siliqua. I have a couple like this one of Julian issued in 361 AD (or CE, as Julian would have...
Yes, it is a base metal replica. I took it to both a dealer and a jeweler who tested it. There is no gold content at all. Thanks for the help.
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