I don't pretend to understand the complexities of economics, but it seems that governmental price fixing invariably causes inflation. Diocletian...
Thank you. I've freed many an ancient coin from slabs as we ancients collectors don't go much for that sort of thing. Also, some years ago I...
I like that coin a lot. The details and character are super. I went through all my pics to see if I had any oxen and couldn't find nary a one. I...
Nothing terribly special about this one, but a nice RB BU... [ATTACH]
My first was this humble Falling Horseman from the Siscia mint, purchased after reading @dougsmit 's page at FORVM. I can still remember holding...
So I received that Treasury Award medal yesterday and it's got a very interesting look - some sort of matte or satin finish, which has been...
Here is another image of the coin in different lighting... [ATTACH] @jtlee321 The green spot is definitely real, not just an effect of the...
Ok, so I'm not a complete idiot when it comes to grading. ANACS gave it MS62, which I thought was low, and most of you guys seem to concur....
Too bad about the bullet holes.
Thanks for your comments and votes so far. @Pickin and Grinin I can definitely see the strike weakness your pointed out. @dimeguy I like the idea...
It should be noted that the coin pictured in the first post was never struck as a pattern. Morgan's designs for it were discovered in 2005 and a...
First off, I've never done a GTG thread. I don't much care about the grade of this coin - I bought it because I like this kind of gold end-roll...
Well that's what NGC calls it. That coin is pretty cool because the corrosion is uniform. I've seen some pretty fugly coins come from shipwrecks -...
That's hot.
RIGHT! I forgot the memorial was based on the famous photo. The obverse of the medal actually copies the photo - not the memorial. In the memorial...
@Heavymetal: that's a very interesting bit of exonumia. I hadn't seen those medals before. From what little research I did online, they were...
It's a beautiful coin, congratulations! The difference in the placement of the busts is subtle - I wouldn't have noticed unless you had pointed it...
Wise is currently undercutting all their money-transferring competition. I've been encouraging all my customers to switch to Wise. The fees are...
The only coin that can be identified from that image is the top one, a Type II Liberty Double Eagle. The Type II's were struck 1866 to 1876, which...
They don't look gem to me at all. Your coin is in a much better state of preservation. The coins in the hoard will no doubt be conserved, but I...
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