I'm all for this but I believe the correct place would be a separate thread, perhaps asking each member to post their favorite Provincials. You...
I, too, am fond of late Rome mint coins but most are similar to ones shown above. Crispus needs love (x2) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] a Roman hut...
[ATTACH] I have no great love for RIC's decision to make separate listings for coins different by only a letter space break. Mine is a normal...
There comes a point in too, too thin when the reverse and obverse fight for what little silver is provided. Detail in the Halle hand/cross...
This is the question now as I see it. When a major buyer drops out of the market after buying so many that some collectors gave up and moved to...
I tried to get interested in cash but never found answers to questions I felt needed addressing. High on the list is how to tell at even a basic...
Me, too.
I agree 1000% with Bing. Mikey's coin is much much better than Bing's BUT, technically speaking, Bing's is higher grade and 'honestly' VF while...
Sorry to be the one who killed this thread. We have had two posts that say you know but no one seems to want to 'win' and keep it going so I...
The clue about good gold referred to this king and his science tech associate famous for his principles still taught in high school. The clue...
I'd call it a Samanta Deva, probably Tye 14. There have been so many ID's of these that I do not understand it makes me wonder what I have...
Other than things that develop over time, lettering on 'Roman' coins changed with influence from cutters from across the Empire who brought Greek...
Nooooooo!
I wish I had a gold coin of his. At least I'd know for sure it was good gold.
Were not some later cash pressed/struck? I was led to believe they started in 1889 with Kuang-hsu.
I'll agree with Ides on this. Since the coins were struck without a collar, it is not all that unusual to find coin that was hit harder or...
Problem: I have a lot of coins but when you subtract the ones without ruler portraits and the ones with ridiculously obvious ones (like all my...
No, you will be embarassed.
No more easy ones unless you collect these... [ATTACH]
Germanicus
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