John Conduitt ✭✭✭✭

Try looking through Numista https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?ct=coin Especially when the flip tells you it’s from India, Prussia or China. Bear in mind, milled coins weren’t really around u… (View Post)

In Europe I think there are very few, at least outside of Spain. Spanish colonial cobs are popular, but I don't think many people specialise in them. Anything else is no different to coins from any o… (View Post)

If the TPGs had a consistent system, it wouldn't straight grade. But they don't know what to do with older coins as the Sheldon scale means nothing. These were made well before milled coins were the … (View Post)

Fair enough - very comprehensive. I'm not sure I understand the difference between Collector and Collection, as they are rather interlinked. For the collector, I wouldn't really consider 1, 3, 4, 5, … (View Post)

I don't think provenance has much to do with quality. You can see quality for yourself. If you can't, then you shouldn't be buying very expensive coins on the basis that someone else may or may not h… (View Post)