:eek: Wow, I never expected that! Five years hey? Hmm i've been gone longer than I thought! To be honest i'm kind of semi-retired as far as...
Actually I just made that argument in another post...:o I accept your rewording, so therefore I ask "Will the $ become strong enough to again...
Although I must say looking at sterling, it's lost about 40% of it's value since 2000 and about 80% since 1990. If i'd got £1000 in an interest...
I once read an article (written by a gold bug admittedly) that stated that we approach gold and silver from the wrong angle [i'm still not sure...
I know there are a lot of threads about how high the two metals will go, but when the steam runs out and it all comes down, will we ever see the...
Yeah I did, I only just got back ;) In all honesty though it has been a long time, been quite busy since leaving university, work and what not,...
AH! Yes I'd forgotten about those. That would explain a lot of it, as a lot of legislation is coming into force now or within the next ten years....
This is pretty much how I view it to be honest. I didn't actually plan it that way as such, as I'm primarily more of a collector than an investor....
This is the very issue that puzzles me about another metal, mercury, which has shot up in value considerably in the past two years, from around...
I bought a small portion of gold back in 2000-2003 back when it was around $315 an oz, but sold most of it in 2004, to purchase some decent...
This thread has actually got me thinking, It's been a long, long time since I wrote any factual 'educational' style posts. I used to do a lot on...
I like Brunel, but i can't see me buying these sets!
Well George T. Morgan didn't design any himself but he was trained under one of the Wyons (be it William or Leonard Charles), so he did work on...
Hmm the hammered bug bites another?
Yeah i pop in from time to time Aidan! :D I'm sporadic at best, i get tied up on coinpeople running coin competitions in what free internet time i...
Really? I didn't think they were particularly scare, well i've never considered them to be so but it's not my area so i might be a tad in the dark...
Must have as in (potential investment) or as in must have historically? Historically depends upon your period of interest. Investment wise i...
As long as the economy holds them there then yes, but economies can have bad years too. Some coins will always be popular and have demand (due...
My point was and still is, is that there's no reason for putting dates on coins. If other marks 'mintmarks' were placed on coins instead of dates...
Remember what goes up... must come down. If what GD says is right and a considerable number of US collectors have been priced out of the market...
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