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Most people who collect ancients barely know what slabs are. Most of us prefer our ancient coins unslabbed and would liberate any slabbed ancients that came our way, without hesitation. I've never ha… (View Post)

Given the thin crinkly appearance of all the "coins", and how they appear to be laid out as a plate page for a book, I assume they're all foil pressings. In the era before photocopying and … (View Post)

If you're interested in diving into Islamic coinage, I can recommend the book "Arabic coins and how to read them" by Richard Plant. An excellent written-for-Westerners guide to interpreting… (View Post)

They now own your coin. They do not own your photographs, even if they are photographs of things you no longer own. They would have had to pay somebody (or would have had to "spend" their o… (View Post)

Acetone, yes. Unless your coins are made of plastic, acetone should be harmless. E-Z-Est, no. It's tarnish remover, sulfuric acid-thiourea based. Designed to not cause too much corrosion to silver co… (View Post)