Very disappointed and surprised! Here's the ($5k) coin I purchased (link). [ATTACH] Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, January - February 44 BC....
I recently won a bulk lot of silver antoninianii from Leu Numismatik, my first time buying from that auction house. The vast majority of the coins...
I sell some coins on eBay, and was previously using eBay's Global Shipping Program, which was recently changed to the International Shipping...
I've been thinking it would be a fun challenge to complete an entire set of imperial denarii by emperor. Anybody completed that set before and/or...
I just purchased this Geta denarius from a CNG bulk lot and was surprised to find that it weighs a whopping 4.63 grams! The flan is slightly...
I've noticed that NGC Photo Vision shots do a great job of showing a coin's color, but a pretty bad job of showing off luster. Any videos or...
I just won a coin from a recent CNG auction that was NGC photo-certified - when receiving the shipment, I expected to receive the laminated photo...
I've been selling coins online for a while now on eBay, my own website, and other platforms, but typically stay below the $1-2k range for...
I struggle with these recessed design coins...any thoughts as to whether this guy is undergraded at MS-61? It seems to have pretty clean surfaces...
I'm not too familiar with Mercury varieties, and seem to have misplaced my copy of the cherrypicker's guide. But this die crack through Liberty's...
It recently got out through the grapevine of my family friends that I'm a coin collector, and I was asked to help appraise the inherited...
I think it would be cool to expand the Dansco 7070 to include a few earlier types, such as draped bust silver or classic head gold. Has anybody...
Hi all, I have a stupid desire to buy a 10oz gold bar, and am looking for something that has been cast/poured instead of pressed. From my initial...
I just got an 100mm macro lens for my DSLR (previously using an 135mm zoom lens), and am trying to get the hang of it. Ancient coins pose a...
Submitted these two to NGC and both came back Artificial Toning. I understand that toning like this is uncommon on Peace Dollars, but IMO the...
Randomly found this one in a roll of BU Peace dollars. There are a number of small, roughly squarish pieces of metal attached to the obverse....
I ordered a gold 8 escudos coin on eBay that is clearly a counterfeit, 2mm smaller than the correct diameter and 2g less than the correct weight....
Just got this set of three back from NGC, a couple of which are a little bit more uncommon to find toned. Please excuse the unfocused photos -...
I'm not very familiar with the guidelines for PL, and searching through the NGC and PCGS websites wasn't helpful. Would a coin like this qualify...
I've heard some good things about LED ring-lights and CFL circular lights, especially in terms of imaging slabbed toners - does anybody here use...
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