Wasn't it also the period of Martin Luther too!
GD said that the smaller dollars were a break off from the bigger versions (particularly the Sac) and therefore why should it be made of silver if...
Just to deviate ever so slightly but backing up GD's comments none the less. The UK £1 used to be gold but why would that automatically make it...
The fall of Habsburg dominance and the decline of Spain from being THE major player in Europe... sounds pretty significant to me!
Pity i ain't got any.
We all hope for that right coin! Patience is the key to this game!
Well i was gonna buy either that OR this... (Henry VII Gold Angel, Class V m Pheon 1485-1509) [notice the flaw though opposite St. Michael's...
GD may well have beaten me to it AGAIN! But if he can show his new noble off then so can i! :) But mine is older! :D In one week this...
It's imitative of the gold Ryal first issued under Edward IV of England in 1464. (Not a very successful nor popular denomination although it was...
Puss in Boots! :D
I think i just like old things, i've got old books, old Georgian spoons... i just love old things. I dunno why new coins aren't like though cos...
I agree with you and i think modern coins should get some recognition, but sadly not from me cos i'm wondering off into hammered. It's the history...
I like Queen and like Deep Purple when Gillan was the lead singer. I must admit though as far as the 70s music goes i like funk.
Strange you say that Bizzare love triangle i'd never heard until recently (it's my fave now!), in the UK the only ones they ever played were Blue...
They are beautiful... well many gold coins across the world are. I only have three gold coins (one is Poor+, actually more like poor- these days...
Who said i was in a position to collect gold? I just like reading about them and looking at them... heck i can't afford to collect US gold, but i...
Hmm personally i love expensive coins the more expensive the more i like them. I remember when i first got thinking about collecting US coins,...
I would rather use the word fortunately there! There are only 2 types of current circulating coins in England at the minute that as far as i...
Why do most US collectors ignore the gold or even forget it exists? I'm very partial to $20 Libs but that's just not answering the question. I...
Well i feel i ought to contribute something to this. I'm interested in the way the US market is working, from what i can understand the State...
Separate names with a comma.
