The absolute best piece of advice in the ancient coin hobby is know the dealer or know the coin. In dealing with Lanz, I thought I knew the...
One of the best places to learn about forgeries and buy coins without fear of forgery is Forumancientcoins.com Many of the members here are also...
Interesting questions and I have no answers. In regard to your side question: I was very tempted (but i didn't) to purchase this coin simply...
I never respond to trolls (okay, hardly ever) but I’m compelled to thank “Lluis” for giving me something to laugh about. I think the quoted catch...
Beautiful example Tif! Emmons is a much easier read than Lorber. I hope to find the time to take a look at it before too long. Thanks for the...
Interesting detail with the shield, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.
Thanks for the kind words everyone. Here is the undertype, and yes, it's another Alexander though I can't make out what type. There is some...
Although I have long admired the coins of Ptolemy I, and enjoy having a few in my collection, I never realized an obvious problem. There are...
Nice write up, here's mine. [ATTACH]
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/folded-flan-athens-owl-tetradrachm.316441/#post-3081504
Here's one that I wish I knew more about. I've seen at least two other similarly defaced examples. [ATTACH] Mysia, Pergamum. Pseudo-autonomous...
The coins in the Forum fake reports are not matches to the op coins
Looks to me that the "sand" was applied to improve appearance.
Sometimes they would get a little carried away... [ATTACH]
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Awesome sets everyone, I'm a big fan of the 12 myself. [ATTACH]
That’s a great idea. I do have one and I think that’s what I’ll use. Thanks
When I build up the courage, i'll post it. It will certainly be one of my favorites.
I tend toward the paranoid. When I'm about to break it out I can clearly see a piece of plastic fragment gouging the coin and I drop the slab in fear.
If you log into your Kunker account and click on "My Collection" or something like that, you will see if you won the coins
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