You have to take into account the time that Ron spent in making the dies (I saw him make them painstakingly by hand), minting, marketing, and...
I got the whole set (2 dubloons and one 1/2 dubloon) directly from Ron's Gallery Mint Museum back in 1999, as well as his 1796 mint set (1/2 cent...
I got a dateless buffalo nickel at a supermarket once, but I recognized it as a 1913-S Type 1.:wideyed:
Still in Japan, waiting for things to get back to normal.
This might be my lowest mintage coin-- 1871 Mexican gold peso, mintage 1,000 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'll guess 1968-S
We have never been through a situation where economies around the world have been shut down due to a virus.
Stocks go up, and stocks go down. Even DOW 30 companies can crash and burn, like GM, GE, and Sears. I bought stocks during the tech bubble and...
Chinese Pandas are hot at coin shows here in Tokyo, but are mostly popular with Chinese buyers. I don't know of any bullion dealers who are...
Bullion coins were issued by governments long before the Krugerrand and the Maple Leaf. For example, most French roosters, Austrian gold dated...
Like a lot of the other posters here, I like numismatic gold for its history and bullion gold for its liquidity. However, due to my particular...
What do you mean, "wrong back design"?
So, like me, your grandmother stimulated your interest in coins. Nice :) By the way, the coin in my avatar is one that my grandmother gave me...
I was utterly fascinated with Mercury dimes starting when I was about 5 years old, when they were still circulating. A couple of years later, I...
The tooth fairy only left me a dateless Standing Liberty quarter, back in 1967 or so. And I knew where it came from, 'cause I had seen my mother...
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