The most I'd get is a laurel and hearty handshake. [MEDIA] Nine times out of ten, it's the consignor insisting on a higher estimate than the lot...
They were almost always used in strings of 1000, called li. Don't think of this like halving a coin to get a smaller denomination, think of it...
There are usually enough bidders in those sales that things go for what they're actually worth, and often more. If something doesn't go for...
There are three varieties, two struck 1772-1824 (Ko nanryo gin) and one struck 1824-1830 (Shin nanryo gin). The former weight about 10.2 grams,...
From a talented engraver, indeed, but let's not understate the quality of the strike and centering here. Sure, it could maybe use another...
Oh, they are cataloged on every issue, if you know the right references. Chinese and Japanese numismatists have been collecting for centuries....
These were made and used in territories held by the Jin dynasty after the Three Kingdoms period, circa 265-420. Usually you see Eastern Han Wuzhu...
Denars are Hungarian. Deniers are French (and Carolingian).
It's the denomination. I is the Greek numeral for 10. 10 Assaria.
The bronze stycas of Northumbria are some of the most available and affordable issues of the early Anglo-Saxon period, and the Bolton Percy hoard...
As it should be. In my opinion, being able to recognize good surfaces is what separates the men from the boys in this hobby.
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The pump don't work 'cause the Vandals took the handle. But seriously, this is either a beat up Theodosius II or a beat up Vandalic imitation.
First one does indeed look like a jewelry item from India. The later two are 'feng shui' coins. Modern repros of Qing dynasty cash.
Take that with a grain of salt. If I recall correctly, the sale of the "John Quincy Adams" collection was actually just the sale of the...
You merely adopted the NYINC. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see a local show until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me...
Need of an expanding monetary supply?
I was thinking that as well. But the obverse type looks like a crosshatch?
Not a sceat or styca. Probably not Merovingian. Can you try cleaning it up a bit and taking a better pic? My first guess would me Vandals or...
Where is the original text? I might be able to read some of the Italian.
Separate names with a comma.
