I’ve seen NGC mark some coins as “clipped” and I’m wondering what signs or methods they use to identify a clipped coin? I feel like this Hadrian...
I did. I voted 66.
I don’t have any myself :( But I really like the way electrum coins look with the luster of silver and the glow of gold. The Greeks made some...
I’m going to go with MS66. I almost guessed 67 but the dings & scratches around the face & bust seem too much for a 67.
Nice one Donna! I love the Roman coins with quadrigas (4 horses) and the ones with bigas (2 horses). I have a bid on this quadrigatus that’s...
Very nice! Do you happen to know who the figure is on the reverse sitting down?
Yup! I know what you mean. This denarius of Septimius Severus is only ~50% silver but if you tried to guess just by looking at it you’d assume it...
Ah ok that’s my bad. I thought they were the same thing but that one was just less advanced due to being 5th century BC compared to the 19th...
My guess is it matters if it’s a well known assayer. For example if I handed you a blank planchet and told you it was 1 oz of .999 silver you...
I’m going to say MS63RB. I think it’s RB mostly because of the reverse. Here is my MS64RD for comparison (not an S but grading is the same)....
But those chopmarks actually have symbols someone can identify. What about chopmarks like this? [ATTACH] There is no way to know who did it.
But I read gold coins were usually used for larger purchases like slaves, houses, etc., I imagine slaves & houses were sold pretty regularly...
Ah ok I was just curious after seeing the simple test cuts in the Athenian owl Tetradrachm that I posted above. Maybe gold was easier to identify...
None of the gold coins minted did? Not even the gold Greek stater and gold Roman aureus?
It’s worth $6,000 But I’m gonna have to sit on it and wait for a buyer.. I’ll give you $300 for it. Rick Harrison
Oohhh so like they make a cut to see if there is silver underneath too and not just a silver coating? So did gold coins get test cuts too?
But what about test cuts like this where it’s just a cut with no indication or mark showing who did it? [ATTACH]
But how would so and so (the one everyone trusted) know that it was really silver? Wouldn’t they have to assay it by fire cuppelation? In which...
What is a “karat needle”? Also can a touch stone really tell the difference between 22K gold and 24K gold? Or .999 fine silver and .925 sterling...
Funny thing is the Romans actually did that on purpose. They had debased their denarius so much that it was basically just a copper coin with a...
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