There were similar copper objects produced by the Incas, but there is no firm evidence that they were monetary at all. I encourage you to check...
In college, you have no money to spend on coins, but should have easy access to any reference book you can imagine. I used, nay, abused the...
The ideal way to remove those green deposits is with a stereomicroscope and a scalpel, but it requires a good amount of skill. The coin is...
Post pictures here first, then. They may not need cleaning at all.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Uncleaned%20Ancient%20Coins
You are absolutely correct. I noticed this too, but decided to eat lunch before posting. :rolleyes:
Of course! I thought he just needed a way to organize by country. I usually use Country/Region/City/Issuer/Series/Denomination/Date. Not all are...
Isn't that a Led Zeppelin album? I actually agree with you on this one, Detecto. The Krause catalog has been so inconsistently reworked since...
I really think these are more of a commemorative coin than anything else. They're obviously very modern - late 20th century at the earliest.
The first thing to realize is that the DESCRIPTION is often much more important than the grade. I'll leave it to others here to discuss the finer...
Can you provide a citation and perhaps an image of one of the tokens?
Congratulations. This is a lovely entry-level gold coin and a type I would recommend to everyone looking to start with ancient gold.
Most proto-currencies in the America functioned in fact as trade objects or wealth storage objects, and not as true currency. Even in the few...
Do you? I used to play a lot of Call of Duty. Lately I've been doing Halo 4.
No, first one is Venice. I'll give you a chance to dig around for it. Second is a Romano-Egyptian tetradrachm of Maximianus, dated year 4. The...
This is actually an issue of Entella in Sicily, while the city was under Punic control. I don't know what it means (presumably just the name of...
You mean NGC. CNG would grade it Near VF, lightly toned, obverse slightly off center.
'Plinthophoric' coinage. Ainetor, magistrate. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group A, 7. I don't like to give grades, so I'll let others answer.
I'd recommend antoniniani of Gordian III.
600-500 BC = 0 coins 500-400 BC = 1 coins 400-300 BC = 0 coins 300-200 BC = 0 coins 200-100 BC = 1 coins 100-0 BC = 0 coins 0 BC-100AD = 2 coins...
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