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Just remember, green is not the natural colour of raw metal. If it's "green", then that green-ness had to come from somewhere, and unless you're in the habit of crushing fresh pla… (View Post)

The designations "artificial" and "natural" are largely meaningless when it comes to chemical processes that are identical. Consider the following scenarios: Scenario 1: Grandma b… (View Post)

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 nev… (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… (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 interpr… (View Post)