Do a lot of people here trust buy from http://www.forumancientcoins.com without being scammed and coins turning up as fakes? Are their any other websites that sell ancient coins that are recommended by most coin collectors?
You can find a lot of reliable dealers of ancient coins. Forum is one. All the dealers on VCoins are reliable too, and even some selling on ebay. Then there's sixbid.com - all the auction houses there are highly reputable. Frank Robinson coins is also a good seller. If you are about to get serious about ancient coin collecting, a membership in this group is highly recommended: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/ This is the best group of watch dogs I've ever come across while collecting ancient coins. Good luck and happy buying!
Thanks! Ill see what other people would have to say as well. an off topic question but is their certain ancient coins in which all collectors must have?
I trust them and I like their guarantee. Authenticity Guaranteed For Eternity - Any item deemed a forgery may be returned anytime forever for a refund of the purchase price. If any coin purchased from FORVM is deemed a forgery by the ACCS, IGC, NGC or PCGS, we will pay their authentication fees plus a refund. Our guarantee makes coin collecting safe and easy for the beginner and the experienced collector.
i just purchased 10 uncleaned for forvm very happy with what they sent (got 12 instead of 10) all shapes n sizes and some are turning out rather nicely and if i recall they garuntee the authenticty of all their coins or ur money back. so thats alright by me
What exactly did you order? can you post some pics if you have time. and svessien, that a nice looking coin! is it silver and how much does it cost?
:goof: That's probably why I posted it as an answer to a question about "is their certain ancient coins in which all collectors must have?" As Athens in their peak by and large controlled monetary policy in their region for a century, so the type is, as you say, common. It is also of great historical and numismatical significance, IMHO.
Hi Phoenician It is a silver (AR) tetradrachm (4 drachms) from Athens. They usually sell from 3-400 $ and up, depending on type and condition. I think I paid 325$ for mine. As you can see, it's pretty worn. If you go to the Forum web shop, I believe you find uncleaned coin lots there: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ca...oins.asp?vpar=869&pos=0#Uncleaned Coins Coins They also sell cleaning tools. Their brass brushes are excellent. And, no, I don't work there:kewl:
Darkfenix, A couple years ago there was an ebay seller from Germany who had some good crusties. They were so covered in crud there was no way to cherry pick the good ones. Here's one of my favorites (after too much of a cleaning.) Svessien, May recognize it. http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m376/impavg/DSCF0726-crop.jpg http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m376/impavg/DSCF0728-crop.jpg
I sure do. Good to see you, buddy! You traded that one for some common date Morgans, didn't you?:headbang:
Thanks for the info! But were did you get that Athenian coin, it really caught my eye! Did you get it from the forum ancient coin website?
Yes. Some (yawn) ho hum morgans. But mostly to prove to her that I wasn't nuts and that people do collect them. LOL
No, I bought it on ebay. I rarely buy expensive coins on ebay, because there's a risk of being scammed. You can reduce that risk by educating yourself, but there will always be a possibility of getting taken on auction sites like ebay. I like to buy coins from Classical Numismatic Group (CNG). They have an internet auction every month, and there's often Athens tets for sale there. You won't have any problems finding a coin like that. They are not rare (some varieties are, though).
yeah i'll prob be posting some of the finished coins very soon as alot are reaching the point where the brush ,pin,toothbrush,ect are not really removing anything, they look good but I wanted to make alot of them reach their peak (or my opinion of it) they seemed like a decent lot, fair number of constatines but a few others and 1 silvered but most of the silver was gone or i stripped it when cleaning it :S
i dunno if i did or it was like that cuz i only brushed it with a tooth brush lighly first but hey yeah never know i didn't even know it had silver on it till after most of the dirt was off n i saw small silvered pats over the bronze