I saw this the other day, and knew that it needed to be mine. Guess the grade! (the haziness in the top right quadrant of the obverse is on the...
We recently had a very useful thread on references for Roman coins ( https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ric-a-publication-history.286278/ ). As a...
This book will make a great Christmas present for anyone on your list! Have a kid that you are trying to get interested in the hobby? Give them...
So, in an attempt to learn as much as I can, I've been reading through Wayne Sales series of books on ancient coins. I'm in the middle of Volume...
A member over on the NGC Forums, PocketArt, was lucky enough to discover a DDR on a 2016D Roosevelt dime. You can read about his discovery here:...
As promised, here is the second of my two purchases from our friend @Zohar444 . This is a Denarius from Caracalla. The reverse shows Fides...
Grading coins is the single most important skill for a coin collector to have! If you are new to the hobby and want to understand the terms that...
So, I'll be honest - I still have zero idea what direction I want to go or what I want to collect in the ancient realm. So, I'm just going to buy...
I recently saw an off-center prooflike Lincoln on Ebay (and later found out it was owned by a CoinTalk member, @ddddd ). I was able to adopt it,...
This tiny little coin is a little bit smaller than a US dime. She showed up a couple of weeks ago, but I just now had the time to take her glamour...
Grading coins is the single most important skill for a coin collector to have. Plenty of books will show you pictures of coins in various grades,...
This cool coin came to me today, so I thought I'd share. This coin is cast, so these are often quite difficult to grade. Give it a shot:...
Who needs photos? PGCS will hire poets to describe in nauseating detail every nuance of the appearance of your coin, complete with fully original...
So, apparently this morning, a tractor trailor truck carrying 40,000 pounds of blanks for pennies on route to the mint in Philadelphia crashed,...
So, I've been lurking here on the ancient forums, and I've been reading a couple of books to get acquainted with ancient coins. One term that I...
My grandpa was a collector, back in the 60's - 80's. He sold off most of his collection, but he saved just enough to jumpstart the imagination of...
So, if you look at the "Users Online" section, it says there are 46 members, 227 guests (welcome guests! join in the fun!).... and 43 robots....
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