Here's pics and descriptions of all the Constantinopolis coins: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/ I would love to get one some time.
If I was in your shoes I would get the neccesary license and start buying scrap precious metals right out of your existing store. Send it to a...
I think gold is becoming accepted as money again in some places. Here's an article about how a lot of countries are getting paid in gold for oil....
If you buy common date US pre-64 silver you are pretty safe. The fake stuff is usually things like trade dollars and CC Morgans. I think a...
In Rome the rich had the solidus, which was a gold coin, while everyone else had to use the denarius, which devalued until it was made of almost...
Here's another reason to like silver. It may save your life: http://dollarcollapse.com/silver/the-stealth-hoodie-another-reason-to-like-silver/
This is why I think it's better to have a bunch of different denominations of silver. If you have to barter and you only have dollars, then you...
I think that's a good buy. I got an individual quarter for $6.50 at a flea market and I felt like that is a pretty good price nowadays. I also...
Those are nice ones! The straights settlement is an interesting piece. I love the symmetrical designs on the back of them.
I think those kinds of dips and rebounds happen all the time. Some of us have been on the roller coaster for a while. Wait until it goes from 30...
Nice find! Those are beautiful. Do they have chop marks sometimes? I know they were meant for the China trade.
I was able to pick up a bunch of Barber dimes at FV a couple of months ago. I like having anything that might pop over it's silver melt value...
I have watched silver go from $5 an ounce to where it is now. Up and down, but basically up. It is a store of value when the price of the things...
Here's a Montreal token: [IMG]
Look around in Detroit, or over in Windsor, Ontario. I'm sure there are some around. They were issued in lower and upper Canada, which means...
I think it's a split open codfish. They used to lay them on racks, salt it and make dried cod, which was then transportable. They would use it...
Here's a medal made of german cannons from WW1: [IMG]
No bids yet. I think I'd put a bid in there and see if you pick it up cheap.
Here's another that says success to the fisheries. [IMG]
The thing about PM's is that you can't just create them into existence. The "money" we use now can be inflated at will. Silver and gold has to...
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