John Conduitt ✭✭✭✭

I have an Elizabeth milled sixpence. I also prefer hammed coins, but these sixpences were the first milled coins so have more history to them. It's also easier to get a good portrait! Elizabeth I Mil… (View Post)

That's a very nice one. They're usually centred ok but they most often have a very weak strike and scratches on the obverse. You see a huge number where the portrait has almost disappeared. I don't k… (View Post)

Well, I'm sure it makes sense to them. I would've thought the point of having 3 grades is that they're independent of each other, otherwise you might as well just have one grade. Why would a coin wit… (View Post)

You can definitely count Byzantine as ancient, because there's no universal definition or rules on how many periods there have to be. On coin forums, there tends to be just 'ancient' and 'modern'. Wh… (View Post)

Very nice coins. An amazing start. That Owl alone doesn't come cheap. Obviously, you'll have to broaden your focus from denarii if you want to get past Diocletian. (Or even as far as Diocletian). Alt… (View Post)