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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Ah yes.... but, many a victim becomes a collector  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I'll buy the 2 cent coin if it's from Monaco or the Vatican City!  Edited by NumisRob
08/11/2014 2:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Puerto Rico
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This is a no brainer. Buy them.
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Valued Member
 Netherlands
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Well, I bought them last week but I have not received anything, nor does the seller (on a Dutch auction site) respond.
I believe I've been scammed. I guess it was too good to be true for the price. There's always a first I guess.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Patience, A buyer of mine had to wait for 100! days till he finally received my coins, amazing! a week is nothing with the post
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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From within the Netherlands to within the Netherlands, Dutchgulden? But wow - a hundred days! He must've been very happy in the end.
Perhaps I'm rather impatient. But his non-response feels like a bad omen, especially as he was eager to reply before the sale. But who knows!
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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Just a quick update to further confirm my newbie status when it comes to purchasing coins: I was too quick to shout 'scam', probably influenced by all the bad things I've been hearing about online purchasing. Turns out the seller was ill and unable to come to his computer for the week. Coins should arrive tomorrow.
Oops, my bad!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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post them when you get them, I'd like to see some nice pics of them.
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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They arrived! I aim to purchase a nice macro camera once I get a proper collection going, but for now the scanner will suffice.   Please don't identify the first three for me, as I aim to do that research myself (the reason I bought them). I'll surely have to ask for help seeing as they look rather difficult. :) I have somewhat uncertainly identified the fourth of the bunch as belonging to Crispina, with Juno on reverse. I'd love to hear if I was correct with this (yes / try again... no help please!). Anyway, I'm pretty happy with my very first silvers. I'll likely end up selling them for a small profit after identification to get a camera for prettier pictures. And perhaps a pretty denarius! |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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Thanks Pish. Naturally, I'm now spending most of my efforts identifying the remaining three. I'm giddy as a kid on Christmas.
I'm thinking the third one is Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, with a IVVENTAS (Juventas) reverse.
Marcus Aurelius, Rome mint, AR denarius, AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare-headed, draped bust right. / IVVENTAS, Iuventas standing facing, head left, right hand dropping a grain of incense onto candelabrum-altar, and holding patera. (bust type not in RIC).
If I'm correct, I couldn't be happier. Best 20 euro ever spent for me.
Edit: Sorry for kicking this thread for every update. I hope this is not frowned upon in forum etiquette.
Edited by MichaelS
08/23/2014 04:39 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Far left is very interesting. Paint it bronze and you could hide it in a pile of SECVRITAS REIPs.
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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True, except the obverse (curled hair?) seems to have nothing in common the Gratianvs/Valens/Valentinianvs I & II coins. I'm actually looking into it and I'm kind gravitating towards Lucius Verus, but have not looked at it closer. As always - no spoilers. ;)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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it looks like some of that stuff will come off, are you going to clean them MS?
i haven't cleaned silver coins, but I've seen the impressive results of several forum members here.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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