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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7510893, member: 82549"]Nice collection. I did something similar years ago: had all the Lincoln cents, Mercury dimes, etc., except for a couple of key dates which cost hundreds of dollars and discovered ancients just as I was about to give up. I've never looked back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of questions. The top of your information page example shows a "catalog" image. Where did this image come from? Do you have a catalog image for every coin in your collection? It might be a good idea to include the source of that image in your notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As your collection grows--and let's face it: we both know it will--it will because increasing difficult to track down a particular coin unless you have them organized somehow. Are your coins arranged in any particular order? If they are just random, you might consider putting them in chronological order and including a table of contents at the beginning for quick reference. Write the order number on the sheet holder and slide holders rather than on the paper or the flip. This was, as new coins enter your collection you can change the collection number easily without having to cross out the number.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, is #46 really silvered? If so, that would suggest that it's genuine, not barbarous. The coins (antoninianii) of Probus were made of billon--a mixture of bronze and silver--and then coated with a thin silver wash. Normally a coin with a bronze core and a thin silver coating would be called a fourree, an ancient counterfeit, but that's not the case with Probus' coins. Here's an example from my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1297608[/ATTACH]</p><p>You can see the darker billon core peaking through the silver wash in many places. The core of this coin is a darker gray. One some coins I've seen, the core is dark brown or almost black, but they were all genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, congratulations on your first 100 coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7510893, member: 82549"]Nice collection. I did something similar years ago: had all the Lincoln cents, Mercury dimes, etc., except for a couple of key dates which cost hundreds of dollars and discovered ancients just as I was about to give up. I've never looked back. I have a couple of questions. The top of your information page example shows a "catalog" image. Where did this image come from? Do you have a catalog image for every coin in your collection? It might be a good idea to include the source of that image in your notes. As your collection grows--and let's face it: we both know it will--it will because increasing difficult to track down a particular coin unless you have them organized somehow. Are your coins arranged in any particular order? If they are just random, you might consider putting them in chronological order and including a table of contents at the beginning for quick reference. Write the order number on the sheet holder and slide holders rather than on the paper or the flip. This was, as new coins enter your collection you can change the collection number easily without having to cross out the number. Also, is #46 really silvered? If so, that would suggest that it's genuine, not barbarous. The coins (antoninianii) of Probus were made of billon--a mixture of bronze and silver--and then coated with a thin silver wash. Normally a coin with a bronze core and a thin silver coating would be called a fourree, an ancient counterfeit, but that's not the case with Probus' coins. Here's an example from my collection: [ATTACH=full]1297608[/ATTACH] You can see the darker billon core peaking through the silver wash in many places. The core of this coin is a darker gray. One some coins I've seen, the core is dark brown or almost black, but they were all genuine. Anyway, congratulations on your first 100 coins![/QUOTE]
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