Very true Guy, I agree. I have said this a number of times regarding ancients that a bright shiny copper Roman would look so weird to me I would...
I have a Lincoln souvenir belt buckle, (one of those things made from "confederate contraband"), that is copper and a stable dark red, reddish...
Good to know, thank you. Personally I just buy from very good sellers, or if its on Ebay or the like I buy worn ones. I see the good firms listing...
Well I was going to mention true mahogany. It does not put off those gases and was/is the wood of choice for coin cabinets. I agree oak and other...
Good advice. The biggest thing I can say is, while its fun to think you got a deal on a coin under market value, its pretty darn hard to do...
Remember your audience sir. :) You wouldn't want to ask the National Realtor's association if housing was in a bubble, or OPEC if oil was in a...
I see many "shiny worn" early Romans like this. Do you think a lot of these coins are polished? I just lost on a Hadrian that looks very similar....
The best tooling you would never spot from a photo. I am not good at seeing it even in hand. This is why I would never buy a high priced large...
I see what the OP is referring to, but believe its an optical illusion. Once you see it you see it you always see it when you look at it. As much...
With an absence of oil from fingers, put away in a nice dry place, (wood drawers are actually nice, the wood will absorb moisture from the air,...
Smoothing is usually done in the fields. I would say both of yours are just worn, with some damage to the second one, (scratches). Tooling is the...
I will, you know me. :) I would grade it aVF, I see a slight difference in grade between the CNG one and Collect89's. Both are nice coins, don't...
I am with you Doug. My Ostrogothic coin is smooth VG with a nice patina, which I much prefer over the few F/VF's with corrosion I have seen....
And those are simple concepts that the man on the street can comprehend, execute, and feel good about right? :) I have said before, DCA is most...
We have gone over this you and I, I will just say its probably not optimal mathematically, but seems closer to optimal by giving a structure to...
Cloud, you can cover your eyes since I know you hate this recommendation, but I would recommend dollar cost averaging into silver. IF you have no...
I admit I like worn bronzes like this a lot. I always thought what it would be like to have brand new ones, and I seriously do not think I would...
I was going to ask the same. I have had families bring me entire collections that were mostly cleaned and/or grossly overpriced that their father...
Investing in the mining companies has problems, and if Mr. Paul does indeed invest in PM mining companies on their own I personally am now very...
Before I saw the slab I was going to guess gVF/aXF, (leaning towards gVF) depending on how it looked in hand. I see wear flattening designs on all...
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