There is nothing wrong with eastern imitations, they are ancient as well and I actually find them very cute. The silver content is not different,...
When there is no consignor but instead the auctioneer is selling the owls through their auctions, don't expect any good prices.... There are...
I am sorry to say but IMHO this is fake 99.9%. it is almost 3g underweight. The incuse square is totally different to the design used for staters...
I don't know where did you look, in acsearch there are 10 examples of von fritze 46....it used to be rare but with the recent flood it's not rare...
Because now you actually have many rounds of snipping and with the 5s extensions it happens that subsequent lots hammer before a previous lot. It...
You probably don't realize that what CNG do is not in your favor ...
As I said I can't tell from the photo. If it is pressed or struck, with such a deep punch there should be some kind of cracks or splits -even tiny...
I found the relevant thread, it started with Lanz I can't t tell from the photo, but if I need to guess I would say it's probably cast with...
Well even if the company closed, the owner still exists and I would advise that you at least try to ask for his contact details. The punch in...
Since NGC didn't respond, I will provide my opinion. The coin is clearly a forgery. While I am not collecting this type, I have seen thousands of...
If it's the blank type, the punch looks extremely suspicious and I remember @Barry Murphy saying they had several of such types which caused...
Not commenting on your wins, but as a general remark just bear in mind that the sheikh was paying absurd prices for the coins he wanted, and...
Unfortunately the Greek section was quite crazy, very high prices for ordinary coins without any old provenance, there were only a handful of...
Of course auctioneers, bidding platform owners etc will invent rules that try to cover themselves from every possible situation. As far as I see...
Demeter, in despair over the seizure of her daughter Persephone by Hades, ate poppies in order to fall asleep and forget her grief. [ATTACH]
The ngc slab says "edge chip" o_O
I really don't see why you hesitate so much. It's not your fault that the condition of the coin was not properly described and the photo was not...
First of all I think the 1/5 surface is too harsh. The photo is not good enough, but I think I see some cleaning scratches in the fields around...
I have actually never sold any of my coins; except for one that was not even in my hands and got traded while still at the auctioneer. I am saying...
That's a coin that tempts me to start collecting romans :woot:
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