He was probably right but he'll have to wait a few years to realize a profit.
Ben, I went to the site and looked at the thread.Looks like fun but I think a few of the players didn't understand the rules of the game.If I...
I couldn't find any ancient coins today so in order to feed my addiction,I went through the modern foreign stuff and picked up these two pieces,a...
I bought this today and the flip it was in says China and the price ($18)...nothing else.I went to my trusty Krause and looked it up.If I got it...
I think it's a good match.Good job there sir. As for your questions about grade and value.Go to the Wildwinds page I linked and go to similar...
Tom, Same coin and story as in this post from 3 days ago except yours at least looks like the real thing.NICE!...
And it only got a little distance from England before it sank on Goodwind Sands off the Straits of Dover. I bought one several years ago from...
And one of the other side,which should have the portrait/inscription. That will make it possible to ID it.
It does appear that that coin is the Lysimachus design since this was the only mint that produced the Alexander coins with the "Athena holding...
I think it's probably because of the marks in the fields.They appear to be circulation,not bag marks because they're too linear to have been...
My New Year's resolution is to get a better camera so I can get nice clear close-ups like that.Good job.
I timed the operation...4.5 seconds using only my fingernails.No problem:smile
Very nice badger.You did good at $300...this is a scarce coin.
Yes,that's about it.The City of Munster is in Westphalia,Germany but at the time your coin was made,there was no actual country called Germany and...
My experience with dealers has been pretty good so far.There are 7-8 within easy driving distance and I regularly buy from 4 of them.The problem...
Since coin making was not the exact science it is today,there is no exact weight or diameter but this particular coin should weigh approximately...
Right, Home Shopping Network as well as Shop at Home have somehow coerced NGC into slabbing coins as just BU with no number grade.I've also seen...
spiralstreet, I can't say for sure if your coin is genuine or not but I must say that I'm a bit bothered by the crudeness of the...
OOPS!..sorry aidan,i didn't realize that doug had already answered the original question in post #16...that the coin is an "off metal" strike,made...
Nope,not a Cheerio dollar but I'd trade it for one any day.It's just a proof that someone cracked out of a set....
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