Here's another one from the recent bulk lot, which I acquired as a stress-reliever, to go through an attribute them, just for the fun of it. I...
This was a part of a low-grade lot of Byzantines, mostly large coins. At under $3 a coin, it was a pretty good deal. Here's one of the more...
What do you think of my idea? It preserves some interest of receiving a mystery coin, but takes most of the downsides out of it. A work friend...
I haven't done this in years, but I purchased a small lot of inexpensive, low-grade Byzantine coins. This was the nicest of the unsold lots, in...
I've completed the follis type set (i.e. one of each respective Sear number) of both Seleucia Isauriae and Isaura, respectively. Coins of...
I'm a budget collector, so gold buys are usually few and far between. However, I recently changed my strategy and started skipping buys to save...
It's been 30 years since I last picked up an Isaac II, the previous one being an inexpensive one from Allen Berman's Cheap Ancients lists (I miss...
I recently purchased an inexpensive (very inexpensive as Scantillas would go) worn sestertius. However, after some counter-opinions, I think it...
The raw ones aren't photographed, but Santa was good to me this year. Unfortunately the LCS mainly has slabbed ancients, but the Pompey,Jr. is a...
[ATTACH] By the way, I was pleased with the photography 'breakthrough'. The white balance needs to be tweaked, that's a useless (now useful)...
I'm sure it's second nature to you, just like ancient coins are second nature to me. But this would be helpful for U.S. newbies. What are some...
My birthday order from Europe came today. It was well-packed, but as some European dealers are wont to do, came with no ID tag/documentation for...
You may remember the Morgan dollar which my father bought for me from the LCS, two months ago. My coin photos aren't the best, but here's how it...
There was a local coin show, both yesterday and today. I would have probably been better off taking yesterday off and going. The coin show's...
Here's a lighter topic for tonight, posted here to reach a wider audience. It wouldn't be any news to ancient coin collectors. This video was...
Perhaps it'll be found in the hold of the U.S.S. Cyclops, but my first U.S. coin purchase is probably bye-bye. The seller turned out to be an ok...
I'm despairing of ever receiving the rainbow toner mentioned in the dad's present thread. It's been 2 1/2 weeks. At least I received something...
Well, my U.S. collection ballooned this week from 0 to 2. Here's a pic of the 1885 Morgan which my Dad surprised me with: [ATTACH] The...
I come from a background of ancient coins. I've been collecting them from 30 years, and all my knowledge revolves around ancients. I could tell...
I plopped my desired coin (Morgan dollar) into the basket, went to checkout, and aughh, Priority mail. Long story short, Priority is guaranteed to...
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