OK, OK, I've ordered more Alexander coins than I originally intended (seemed like a good idea at the time), but a solicitation in my e-mail for Alexander coins prompted me to look... Here is what I found: NGC drachm (not tetradrachm) $159 for this: From the look of it, is this a fourree?
Not a Fourre. Just corroded with some surface flaking. It's silver in the holes, not bronze. Barry Murphy
Looks real ... but you could do better (it looks like it might have a wee bit of PVC problems from being stuck in that plastic-tomb?) ... sorry, I couldn't resist (that "stuff" never gets old)
Wow, I want one but I've passed on much better condition at around $70 plus shipping. Do us all a favor buy raw. All this buying slabbed is gonna do nothing but raise price tags. I can barely keep up now. My want list is rather large & growing.
@Kentucky... have you browsed Vcoins for Alexander III drachms? You'll find many which cost less (and in better condition) than the corroded and flaky example in the OP.
Thanks @TIF, I just saw this from a prompt in my e-mail. I would NEVER buy such a thing...well, if it were in the $1 junk box... No, I just saw it and thought it might be a fourree. I just got my latest Tet in, gotta take some pictures and show it off.
Thank you, that crap coin should have never been tombed let along have such a horrendous asking price. There is a crusty tet for sale on here now that is cheaper and it's at least a tet. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/us-ancient-greek-and-chinese-coins-for-sale.285548/#post-2551359
@Kentucky I wasn't meaning to be anal. It's purely up to you your collection. Seriously glad you didn't buy it. I'd be like calling the kettle black most of us have overpaid before & wouldn't dog ya for that. I would for buying a slab though.
The armies of Alexander the Great were greatly feared in their day, but there was one problem that they had that almost defeated them. Alexander could not get his people to staff meetings on time. He always held the meetings at 6:00PM each day after the day's battle was done, but frequently his generals either forgot or let the time slip up on them and missed the staff meeting. This angered Alexander very much, to say the least! So he called in his research guys and set up a project to come up with a method of determining the time at 6:00PM each day. There were no clocks in those days, at least none that could be carried around. (The smallest was a giant water clock) "Find a way my staff can determine the hour of the day, or at least when it gets to be 6 o'clock!", he said, "Cost is no object." A study was instituted and, with several brain-storming sessions, came up with the following idea. In a land some distance away, there grew a bush whose berries contained a type of dye that changed color at 6 each evening. They found that by dyeing strips of cloth and issuing them to the generals, they could see when it was 6 by the color change, and could get to the meetings on time. Needless to say this pleased Alexander very much. It was then turned over to the marketing group to come up with a name of this new invention as Alexander saw definite market potential in the strips. "It can be worn on the wrist and can be easily watched for the color change", said one junior executive. "I therefore propose to call it the wrist watch." This name was immediately hooted down as being too bland and obvious. Another man suggested it be worn in the navel and could be observed by looking down, therefore it should called the Navel Observatory. This idea was rejected out of hand as being too weird and too technical sounding for the general public. Finally the senior vice president, who up to now had been silent, spoke and rendered his decision. "We shall call it a Timeband, and in honor of the Great Alexander, it shall be known as 'Alexander's Rag Timeband!' http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/alexander-s-dilemma.html
