Maybe I got my attitude in the Gulf War. :)
Yeah, but if you get in a twist over this, you will simply have a miserable hobby experience. Don't get too invested in a coin until its in your...
I have seen this before sir, when the collector only bought recently found "shiny" silver coins but then they all toned together in their...
Fakes are always a concern. If you find coins that look like they are worth a little more, good photos will help us. I would agree with XF40. It...
Point taken that forums can always be too quick to judge a coin a fake. To be fair a little, it depends on the photograph. Anything I say on a...
Life is too short to worry about stuff like that man. He had it listed, he misplaced it. If he truly didn't want to sell it why would he have...
Good to know sir. Thank you.
Wow, wonder how I missed this thread. Very interesting. I never knew Vahran V was technically Jewish. I did know he reclaimed his father and...
I agree with all posts here. OP, please start your coin collecting by going to reputable sites like CNG, VCoins, VAuctions. Numisbids is a website...
A 38 D in a junk silver find is always a sweet bonus. That date has been considered scarce basically since it was minted, so it has never been...
Like I said, find a dealer with good sales of fractionals and s/he may very well pay you more for them. Go to a regular dealer, he will worry if...
Well stated. I find I learn the most from those who know and admit they have fakes. Everyone in ancients just need to accept its impossible to...
Good books are your friend. What I like to do, since not a lot of date collectors of US gold unlike other issues, is get a little better date for...
I agree with others. No way the look of that IHC is natural. It had to be messed with some way. For verification OP, go look at a site like GC,...
It depends. Like I said, I have lots of 1/10th and 1/20th ouncers I have bought at melt. Therefore that dealer paid less. If you do your due...
We all have them. Heck, I have maybe 30 that is in a "grey" cabinet, coins I cannot prove one way or the other. Piles of fakes are a function of...
Fair enough sir. I am sorry if it came off poorly. I honestly was doing it on purpose, trying to scare the OP away from trying to take chances on...
Lots of fakes. This advice works if the OP is an expert in the series and can tell the fakes from good coins, knows how to tell a cleaned coin...
This one is not so straight forward as the Greco-Bactrian piece in the other thread. I would lean towards a cast fake personally upon only...
Sorry if you took that insultingly. I specialize in coins from this area of the world, not Greco-Bactrian per se, but more Persian, Parthian,...
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