Really good thread. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder: [ATTACH] Roman Republican Denarius Crawford 107/1a Obverse: Roma with splayed...
Correction: 15 EUR, Not 15 GBP.
I am researching a recent acquisition with unusual dies, and I referenced ACSearch for example images. I found a handful of examples with the...
I agree. I've found the Coin Forgery Discussion List very reliable and thorough.
I agree with the points made by many here. Doug Smith makes perhaps the most important recommendation. . Even it it isn't obvious, the...
I have a few coins from Roma Numismatics auctions in my collection, all of which had hammer prices greater than estimates. This may be either be...
I did not post the whole picture because I do not own the coin, and I don't want to deride someone else's coin. It appears though that no-one...
Exactly. Thus the motivation for the artificial toning.
Severus and Bing, You are both probably in the majority with your interpretation of the term "tooling". I stand corrected in the terminology;...
I’m particularly sensitive to “improved” coins because two of the first three ancient coins I purchased some 40 years ago were tooled. The...
Here is my Cr. 79/1, the Earliest Roman serratus, (Mattingly’s class I). [ATTACH] Many plausible explanations have been put forward for the...
Truly an amazing find. This is among the most sought after issues in the English series, primarily because of the notoriety of Richard III. From...
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