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Silica gel just by itself shouldn't give off fumes. If anything, it'll absorb any "fumes" from anything else it's stored with - though silica gel is specifically designed to … (View Post)

I would say that if you are sufficiently knowledgeable about a certain coin series that you can say, with certainty, that an attribution by an auction house is incorrect, then doing as you have alrea… (View Post)

It is, unfortunately, a replica of a Gordian III antoninianus. There is an exact match for it in the FORVM fakes database (unfortunately, you need a login to see it): https://www.forumancientcoins.co… (View Post)

While it may not be the most attractive of the three options, in terms of "coins that tell stories" I have to say I would lean towards the top one. As John Conduitt noted, that coin is from… (View Post)

We keep talking about "hoppers", as if that's a thing with proof coins. It isn't, really, not in the sense of a regular circulation coinage press gravity-feeding a bunch of blanks… (View Post)