I’ve been looking for a certain coin for a while now. I won’t give specifics because are only three available across VCoins and MA-Shops, and the...
Ugh. No statement sends a chill down a collector’s spine like that one. You can’t win. You don’t want to sound mercenary and say, “spend this much...
This is a long post, I hope you’ll find helpful. When a Ptolemy AE47 87 gram “hockey puck” in good condition appeared on VCoins earlier this year...
It started innocently enough. I wanted an ancient coin “pocket piece”. After some searching I found a leather guitar pick holder which would...
I was watching an episode of America’s Lost Vikings for some reason, possibly because my IQ dropped so much from even the briefest exposure to the...
Intriguing article about using facial recognition software to attribute ancient coins and identify fakes. With 3D printing around the corner this...
So I’m happily taking photos of my modest collection when I come to this coin: [ATTACH] Titus AR Denarius Rome Struck after July 1 79CE...
I just received a Ptolemy II tetradrachm with a feature I've seen before and long wondered about: the reverse is concave (bowed in), and the...
The third and last post in this series examines how risky shopping on eBay really is. The chance an ancient coin listed on eBay is fake varies...
The second in my Thanksgiving "If the tryptophan doesn't put them to sleep my posts will" series... "Is it real?" is the most common question on...
One of the most common threads on this and seemingly every other ancient coin forum is: “is this real?” Experts can often answer that question by...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brutus-Ides-of-March-Denarius-43-42-BC/312275992362?hash=item48b5197f2a:g:LlsAAOSwszFbzfrr It’s at $5.50, but there’s...
My wife isn’t a collector of anything but dogs, but she politely oohs and aahs when I show her my latest acquisition for one of my collections....
I have the opportunity to do something I’ve always wanted to do: hike Hadrian’s wall. Time constraints mean I cannot walk the entire length of the...
I recently acquired this coin: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Attica, Athens 454-404 BC AR Tetradrachm Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye...
The hunt for a pocket piece owl goes on... There is a flood of low grade owls on eBay from two sellers: Zurqieh and Eternitycoin. The owls from...
I read that Teddy Roosevelt carried an owl in his pocket, which inspired him to call for the redesign of the US double eagle. My pocket piece has...
I recently came across a fourree listing on eBay: MYSIA, PARION, 4th.century BC. AR Fouree Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.6g.). / OBV; Gorgoneion. REV;...
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