I have read the much earlier dating of Indian coins, but that is an older idea. It came up around the same time as some were dating Chinese coins...
I would agree IF you use one this is critical. I have seen too many coins look worst "after" though, so I would say deciding IF you use one at all...
Weird wear pattern. Isn't the breast a highpoint? Don't see much there, but tail feathers look worn. Then the reverse, which looks like a...
The OP could try Renwax and see if he likes the look on a similar coin, but i think he did a great job on removing some green and this is about as...
Eh, the mint screwed over St Gaudin and WL half collectors, why not screw over Morgan folks as well. :) I actually LIKE some of the mints...
Problem with Rexwax is it can make the surface less contrasted, which is the exact opposite of what you want here. So little design is left, you...
I would be surprised there is not one already. Seems to be a book on nearly every esoteric numismatic subject, though sometimes the books are much...
True. Kind of looks like a Nikomedia issue that started out crude and had a tough life.
If you want a certified set, then buy certified. Plenty around. I was just talking if someone wanted a common $10 or something certification is...
Byzantine decanumium it appears. See the "I" and "Anno" to the left?
Historically, (80's and 90's), I bought tons of junk silver under melt. Then in the 2000's sometime junk became worth melt, (quantity available...
Been selling them since at least the mid 70's and I am fairly certain before that. You can find them at most coin shows. i cannot tell you how...
Yeah. The downfall of collecting Central Asian coins is the sadness of what was lost. Almost nothing is known for centuries at a time. We have...
To be a little fair, they have made copies of CSA notes for decades. Many of them were never meant to be counterfeits, just provide cheap history...
Good luck. I had that same thought 20 years ago. Finally got mine last month. A generic sphinx is easy enough. Great Sphinx? Not many at all, and...
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I am with you OP. I am from Iowa, and next to the fugly Iowa coin, I always thought the Wisconsin was also incredibly bad. I own an Iowa one due...
Cash as a medium of exchange, has been declining for decades now. It is about a third of transactions today, but with Covid I bet that declines...
In those countries where they imposed negative rates, the main "enemy" has been physical currency. central banks HATE physical currency, since it...
Obverse Tyche with turrets it appears. I see a cauldron on a stand on the reverse myself.
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