You're gonna have a very tough time unloading the sub-$100 material except in large, group lots at auction. Keep in mind that some auction houses...
This is correct. I'm not aware of any risk to coins being "near" PVC plastic. The harm comes from storing coins in PVC flips with direct...
Here is the good Doctor: [ATTACH]
You couldn't add "Ex Murphy Collection" to the NGC description? ;)
Precisely why I avoided mentioning his name in my OP!
When the appointment of a new Deputy Director at the ANS gets applauded by an infamous anti-collector blogger, you've gotta wonder: did they make...
Ugh, why does it have to be me throwing water on this bronze parade? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] See my profile pic for scale. Rome. The Republic....
I have a coin in my collection that was previously on loan to museum. This coin was part of a 182-coin exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum from...
That is very light. Should be near 4 grams. I think shaved/clipped, as you suspected.
My pair of the OP type. Not a rare coin, but tough to find with good surfaces. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The two earliest Roman Republican coins to depict the twins suckling at the wolf were: This AR Didrachm, circa 269 BCE: [ATTACH] Rome, The...
These are two of the rarities of which @Carthago speaks. Crawford 34:[ATTACH] And Crawford 42 Corn-Ear: [ATTACH]
Agree, the OP fits more in the Crawford 30 bucket. Crawford 29s generally have ROMA in relief on a trapezoidal tablet, sometimes incuse on...
Well done starting a gallery. I'm happy to report that my Forum gallery won "Gallery of the Year" for 2020!...
Thanks, all. Feeling quite ancient today. How'd you find out??
You should start bragging about your ancient coins more in public. Level the playing field.
For comparison, below is my example of the OP variety, also with hair decoration on mask and pedum behind: [ATTACH]
Style is different because it's a different variety of the same issue - one variety (this coin) has hair decorated and a pedum behind the mask,...
It is not Rouen (Rotomagnus) style, in my opinion. Rouen obverse style is very distinctive, like my coin below. Jaw line is sharper, less...
Not all the Berlin coins are online. If you contact the curators, they are very quick to put coins of interest online.
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