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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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Windchild - Go slow! Most batches are sorted coins from big batches - 2 nice coins, 5 alright coins, 3 blanks, all constantine and later. I recommend you go to the UK ebay and do as I try to - find a nice, varied batch with incomplete pictures that scare away other bidders - dug from the ground by a local detector who wont be able to list the types - bad description to scare away the uninitiated. Coins will be much cheaper - £2 each from a dealer, 50p each from a lovely guy with a detector. And more importantly - only buy a batch with the intention of getting something you want in that batch which you can see - dont expect nice things, dont expect rare things - those are bonuses! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Sorry - I'm no good with V-Coins! Never had the effort to work it all out. Best of luck - hope you find a nice lot!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I get to look through his stock in person before I buy  I'm certain that I'll pick out a nice lot! |
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United Kingdom
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Haha, I think these were some of the lots which I planned on bidding on but ended up missing. They went for a good price too so I'm really glad they went to you  . It'll be nice to see the progress you make with them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Coinage - I nearly missed it too! Missed the first lot he sold. The only opposition was bids set on the day the auction went online.
Keep looking - I'm not buying for quite a while now - you'll find more lots like this without my opposition. 95 coins will easily placate me for a few months!
I really want to find another place where I can look at the coins and decide which one I want - its only happened once, when I bought my first coins. If only Id known what I was looking at! I know I cycled past some real beauties in that little plastic tub.
Oh - and look out for any Byzantine stuff thats mixed in there. I missed my chance to buy a Byzantine coin - I hope that one of the coins in another lot I'm getting at christmas is a Byzantine.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Okay, heres my next query.  What's in this guy's hand? Dont worry about whay could possibly be on the reverse (that Ill find out on the 25th). |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Umm... Maybe a spear or a shield... I've seen those before...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ben, nice lot of uncleaned ancients!  I will be following this thread for sure! Keep us up to date!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Well, I've always wanted a barbarian being dragged from a hut and thought that could be one (holding a globe perhaps). But after reading that they all face left, I was quite annoyed. But look at the top left of that batch... I may as well throw the other lots away!  Edited by Ben
12/19/2012 5:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I've always wanted a barbarian being dragged from a hut... What we think is a Carausius may well be a barbarous Carausius, it has a very odd look to it. I'm looking forward to seeing more pics when you get it, any idea when? Edited by bobbyhelmet
12/19/2012 5:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Well, hopefully, on Christmas day. But postage may delay it a bit, I really hope it isn't. I'm itching to get my hands on that big lot! Either way, I'm recieving at least 12 coins on christmas day from my previously posted lot.
A Barbarous Carausius would make my year!
Edited by Ben
12/19/2012 6:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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OK, then I shall till you get 'em. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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there are some promising looking coin in that lot ben.  couple weeks ago I got a similar deal on an uncleaned lot, hopefull i'll have some to post also. did you get the email I sent you a couple days ago? just checking. |
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