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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)

I'd assume they would originally have had a mercury wash. This would have given the coins a realistic silvery appearance, but most of the mercury would then slowly evaporate away after a century… (View Post)

Indeed. The "knight in chain mail" design is unique to the Principality of Antioch; most Crusader State coin designs are quite derivative of Western European coin types. (View Post)

I would think there's a philosophical point at play here. NGC and PCGS both believe that they and they alone, or perhaps the two of them collegiately if they're in a generous mood, are the … (View Post)

Unfortunately, most of the "iconic" ancient Greek coins - such as an Athenian "owl" tetradrachm, a Corinthian "colt" stater, or a Zeus tetradrachm of Alexander the Great… (View Post)