While watching Vaultbox 5 unboxings, I found the SS Republic shipwreck 1850's half dollar ones to be neat. How much do 'budget' ones go for (I...
What do you think of the idea of VaultBoxVI? One of my favorite youtube coin channels (and one of the only ones, actually) covered this. I agree...
[ATTACH] 24mm., 16.9g. I purchased this cool imitative owl, for the novelty of the cool scorpion countermark. Robinjojo of numisforums thinks...
I won't do this very often. I just happened to buy a fun, confuse-a-cat coin to offer up as a GTG, fun edition. It might make the slabbers go...
This is more for fun, as the coin isn't slabbed. About 75% of ancients collectors have this attitude towards slabbing: (the media embed didn't...
I had intended to highlight a coin/s, with a writeup geared toward non-ancients collectors, as an occasional, once-in-a-blue moon type of article,...
Besides being pretty, coins can just tell you a lot about history. Let's take 3rd century Roman coins, for example. They tell a lot about a very...
Given the increasing quality of ancient fakes, I'd say yes. While it wouldn't be practical for circulation coins, could commemorative coins be...
I collect ancients only* (a few cool moderns here and there, modern being 1500's to the end of struck coinage), and stated grade isn't terribly...
Are you giving any coin gifts for Christmas? Here's mine: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-being-given-as-christmas-presents.409313/...
[MEDIA] Aaron Berk, a well-known ancients dealer, discussed the raw/slab markets, and the differences between the ancient market and the U.S....
My father does sometimes collect ancients, although most are budget types. I had initially chosen the Divus Augustus as the coin present. While...
Last time I jinxed myself by posting coins before I got them, but the jinx resulted in a much better coin. I also was anxious to get some more...
I go through streaks of ordering from certain dealers. London Ancient Coins have been getting a lot of my business lately, and I've been quite...
I did try a search, but perhaps I didn't use the right terms. Have there been any informative threads about the common SPES (usually lightweight)...
I've noticed this phenomenon lately on vcoins (and I'm sure other places) of rampant grading inflation. Since there's a picture I can grade it...
Ok, I know the photograph isn't great, but it's the best I could do and I'm working on it. It's progressed from Simon Cowell level horrendous to...
I experimented more with coin photography for AE, AV and AR. This time, I repurposed an unused cheapie headphone rest, which has a stiff rubber...
Some various 'snacks' arrived today, purchased from two different dealers. My favorite of the lot: [ATTACH] HOSTILIAN, as Caesar, AE...
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