I was going to let this pass but can't because I want future readers of this thread to know there is at least one dissenting opinion. Your call....
I agree, why use an intact coin? For the $50 or whatever that coin cost you could buy hundreds of damaged coins with enough undamaged area that...
I believe there is another aspect of these perpetual slab/no-slab discussions. And that involves new ancient collectors, particularly those coming...
@Ancient Aussie Yes, I believe that is indeed the coin. I scoured RPC and Wildwinds, but nothing matched. Thank you for finding it.
@dougsmit Thank you Doug, not only did you give me a lead on attributing this coin, you taught me something. I started from the reverse because I...
I have several collections, and the only one who seems to care about this one is my wife, and all she cares is that it fit in my closet. I should...
Thismone is a puzzler. From what I can make out the reverse inscription EOKOR (6 o'clock) places this coin from Ephesos, Ionia, and has the same...
Great page. Did you do that with an XRF gun? The source I read said pb could reach 33%, now I'm wondering how accurate that is based on this data.
Beauty! I remember doing that with the mercury they gave us to play with in chem class. Lots of us walked around all day with mercury coated...
Changing my mind. Coin #3 has a raised bump between the H and A on the obverse.
All the candidates were purpose-bought damaged culls. I liked the idea of giving one a new lease on life as a coin.
I only buy from certain dealers for a reason. Anyway, coin 1 has different detail than the others. The reverse looks weakly struck in areas, but...
Ever since my pocket piece (a cull Morgan dollar) left me for a hotel maid, I had the idea of replacing it with a large Roman AE. But since I run...
All right. But don't say I didn't warn you. The Pharos I mentioned: [ATTACH] And the Nero: [ATTACH] Both recent acquisitions.
To photograph my original owl and turtle and other ancients and Morgans and US type-coins and error collection and...I would need to go to the...
Thank you. I don't have any photos, my coins are ugly ducklings compared to the impressive ones I've seen posted here. When I got into ancients I...
I'm new here so I'll (try to) be brief. I wanted to add some precious metals to our portfolio, but couldn't get excited about ingots, so I bought...
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