From those pics, I can't tell whether the rust-colored parts of the coin are deposits or underlying core. I strongly suspect it's a fourée, but I...
Three graders are interviewing for a position with a big name dealer. The first grader walks into the office and the boss shows him a Morgan...
Splendid coins! Gotta love the flamingo.
Of course, RIC is incomplete, and it can't predict what's on the market at any given time. I think that's a splendid coin, Doug. I have a...
I like them all - they're certainly superior to the amateurish designs on the US quarters, although I have had some fun with my 7-year-old...
Please sir, this is a family forum.
I've perused that thread before - major information overload, but Jochen certainly knows his stuff. It's one of those threads that I'd like to...
Steve, that top coin is from Sigeon in the region of Troas, right? As opposed to the Roman colony Alexandreia Troas. At any rate, super coins as...
Yet, nobody bats an eye if you collect something so common as Lincoln Cents. It seems that even among collectors of ancients there's a bias toward...
Nice coins, guys. The grazing horse type (and its variations) caught my eye because the design is so obviously a celebration of pastoralism, which...
Very nice indeed!
Here's a nice little provincial I won today. Valerian I, AE20 of Alexandrea, Troas. Obv.: IMP LIC VALERIANVS AV, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust...
To my knowledge, the Nabataeans were the first to do it. If anyone knows of an earlier occurrence, I'd like to know about it.
The alphabet is Nabataean, but it typically gets transliterated into Hebrew, since the Hebrew block script is its closest cousin. There is a...
And a merry humbug to you, sir.
Yes, it is. Why can't newbies get this through their thick skulls?? Don't drink milk while handling your coin, people. :mad:
I doubt it. I mean, it's so ridiculously easy to tell the difference between MS65 and MS65+ that even if you were going through a divorce and your...
Doug, this is a marvelous fouree! I absolutely love it. I've come across a few gold fourees, but they were all phenomenally expensive and I had to...
A handsome quartet. :)
That's where he sits, sipping on his margarita, watching his bikini babes cavort.
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