These Problems Can RUIN Your Ancient Coin's Value

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• CL

  @ClassicalNumismatics · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

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• CO

  @compatriot852 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Defects are a budget collector&apos;s greatest friend. Minor damage that barely impacts the portrait are the best. A lot of us collect for the history and not just to hoard/speculate resale value

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• SE

  @Sebastian-Lind · 4 hours ago

  Should I choose quality over quantity?

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• HA

  @Havohej420 · 1 year ago

  the whole video is great, as is usual, but the last 20-30 minutes of this video is EXTREMELY well-articulated and important. simply couldn’t have put it better myself

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• TI

  @Tiridates_the_Great · 1 year ago

  Its always a good day when Classical Numismatic posts a vid

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• GH

  @ghostofaforgottenweedle · 1 year ago

  I don&apos;t really care about defects in the coins of my collection. It&apos;s still a highly valuable piece of history. <br><br>Just imagine what a coin could&apos;ve been through or have seen over the course of 2000 years or more. That&apos;s why I collect ancient and medieval coins. It&apos;s pure history for me to touch.

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• NU

  @Numischannel · 1 year ago

  Excellent summary Leo! I will always prefer a holed coin showing a lot of interesting detail than a very worn one.

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• DI

  @DieLuftwaffel · 1 year ago

  A vid on treating bronze disease would be great! It&apos;s been a while, but the last time I tried finding good instructions it was difficult to find any info of real practical value

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• BR

  @bratrcunik4571 · 1 year ago

  Defects makes each coin unique. It is a trace of history.

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• ST

  @starnino123 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for making this video!

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• MA

  @marnox1755 · 1 year ago

  Been collecting for about a year, and have seen most of these defects discussed at some point. But this video really helps to better understand them. Thanks so much!

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• LA

  @larrysomething6159 · 1 year ago

  This video answered a question that was bugging me for a while. My first ancient is an Aurelian Restitutor Orbis. It is XF grade with most of the silvering intact, Serdica mint, but the eight point star above the Kappa Alpha Gamma mint mark was missing. I thought it broke off when it was cleaned, or it was an error by the die engraver, but looking at it again reveals that it is most likely due to a clogged die. Thank you!

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