I will miss COINS. They moved all their subscribers over to Numismatic News, so we weren't left out in the lurch. The thing I liked about COINS...
Maybe we should start buying raw coins and stay away from the slabbed ones? All this fakery is going to eventually hurt TPG business, I think.
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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this song yet, AKA "Put Another Nickel In, in the nickelodeon..." [MEDIA][ATTACH]
Another question I would ask is, "Why isn't it slabbed?" Nope, I'd stay away.
I'd stay away from any coins on ebay. Too many fakes. I know there are some legit dealers there, but the fakers make it too risky.
@Jack D. Young You said that someone offered these for sale at a friend's LCS...he didn't buy them, did he? God, I hope not.
Besides the no S mint mark, the rim and denticles on the obverse look wrong. But maybe it's just the lighting.
I also think there is a slight die rotation
The Byzantines were my ancestors. I know plenty about Justinian, including the fact that he was a hymnographer and that one of his hymns is still...
No, I don't. Basically my first one. I'd like to find one of Justinian the Great (whom I have a great deal of respect for) sometime. But at the...
I'll try to take a better shot tomorrow
I too thought it might have been cleaned. But I wasn't quite certain of that. I know that a true Fine is $100 to $125, but I didn't want to pass...
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Not the greatest photos (sorry [ATTACH] [ATTACH] about that, I'm not the best photographer), but this was the first time in a LONNNG time I've...
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if it IS real, it's been cleaned. I don't like the looks of it.
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