I think that happens when it doesn't get your bids in quick enough before the auction ends
Also because so many novelty/belly dancer copies of these are seen by anyone handling bulk foreign coins. They are too small to have an easily...
Yea it does look like regnal year 17, nice buy
Are you sure of the regnal year? Details wise it looks just right for 25 kurush KM 677.
This particular presentation of such an item attached to a beaded necklace has been a thing on ebay for a while. If you search it on ebay you'll...
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This also puts that damage mark in context. Fakes are often purposely damaged or cleaned to make people not want to submit them to a TPG where...
Dram :p
Yea I mentioned that earlier in this thread. Doesn't matter much though, as I'm fairly certain this coin is a modern counterfeit.
I'm not sure what alphabet we are using anymore... but as far as I follow it's up to Z. Zloty - Poland, for the win :)
Yuan - China & Taiwan
Found this nice example:...
I would think that's because that area right under the ear, along the "chin line", is very shallow in relief and almost at the level of the fields
Also, are you sure it's genuine? Kind of has the look of some of the Alibaba copies, and the close up details looks like the surface is grainy....
If there was a die clash you'd expect to see it in the fields rather than on the raised features. Those areas are sunk into the die, would be...
I get what you mean. This is one of those purely subjective things that there is really no point in discussing. We have developed our own mental...
LANZ is about as reputable as any dealer can aspire to be. This is just downright moronic. http://newobserveronline.com/5th-century-coin-now-hate/
I prefer to see what the coin looks like in hand as well, but that's hard to get in a photo. I like the second set because it gives a better idea...
The grade appears accurate, so not really worth cracking out. As for the PL, that speaks for itself :)
But those fractionals were were not minted as 4/64ths or 2/128ths. This is what gets me stumped. And the coins in question, for example Austria...
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