You asked your question in a forum frequented by people who value a perfect 2010 nickel higher than a VF 1794 large cent found by a metal...
Coin collectors are famous for 'flyspecking' or finding minute differences between their coins. They are also famous for prefering coins in good...
I used to think that coins were among the worst investments possible but Bernie Madoff came along and proved me wrong. If there are any ancient...
As I recall you got one of these (or was it two?) glued to a card offering to sell you a Readers' Digest book on Greece. They were sent to...
I 100% disagree with this one. On the few times I have seen $1 coins in cash drawers and asked about them, clerks tell me that they don't give...
And I thought I could slip that one past the people on this list...
Please, can you name one area of coin collecting today where collectors outnumber investors? Collectors don't ask what a coin is worth but the...
I, too, have never heard of anyone certified in grading ancients (why whose authority are they certified?) but there are many people (dealers...
If there is a difference the single club reverse is more often seen, I believe, but what drives the price is the portrait quality. I am a little...
It is not just coins. Reference books of any kind are becoming less and less popular as more of the 'want to know' crowd realize that there are...
Yes, the Crispus is uncommon as are all of that reverse from other rulers. The coin is shown on Plate 21 of Victor Failmezger's book with a...
There are many variations on these and I don't have the book either so you'll get no numbers from me. The mintmark is K, as mentioned above, but...
I would not call the Philip 'heroic'. He looks military in a human sense of the word rather than imitating a god or hero. The ultimate hero is...
Modern collectors don't want to hear from ancient collectors. We know that rarity, absolute or condition, means absolutely nothing. We can show...
I can honestly say I have never seen a coin with such cleavage. This is a perfect example of a Hadrian heroic. Some show a little drapery on the...
That is a nice one (sorry it is not yours). ;) Note that heroic busts are usually confined to a few Roman emperors who favored the type. Crispus...
Usually 'heroic' implies more or the bust being shown with arms, torso and a weapon actually doing something beyond posing for the 'camera'....
Going back in time, the practice of marking the state name on coins was rarely a high prority when it could be assumed. Rather few Roman Imperial...
Good news and bad news: The Internet Radio show 'The Coin Show' has a segment of potential interest to collectors of ancient or older world coins...
For years I was interested in infrared photography using film. When I got a digital camera I discovered that there is quite a difference in...
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