So I was just reading this article:...
Well, I was going to say something when I saw Doug, (GDJMSP), had exactly 39,000 posts here. I missed it, he has snuck up to 39,004 posts as of...
http://www.grandcoulee.com/story/2014/06/11/news/woman-reports-missing-gold-coins/4243.html Lady had $250,000 in gold coins stolen from her, in...
I just thought this was a pretty nice article going over modern coin scarcities. While still not my cup of tea, I do think great collections can...
Its a little slow, so I will post this one: [ATTACH] I won it a few weeks ago. Its a Tet from Tyre of Trajan, (love the illiteration), on the...
I know I have been accused of only posting inflammatory articles. Here is one I just saw from Coinflation that I thought was a very balanced, fair...
Just saw this one, what a doosy. I have posted other pro-pm articles here with a critical analysis simply to point out extremes in some writing....
http://goldsilverworlds.com/physical-market/jp-morgan-holds-highest-amount-of-physical-silver-in-history/ Now Ted Butler is talking up how JPM...
From an article posted in coinflation:...
Here is one I bought right before my self imposed coin purchase ban, (well.....more of a strong suggestion really). Like the Kai Yuan Tong Bao...
So, I was feeling pretty good, good bonus and nice salary increase, then the wife decides our house just won't do. :( So an offer on a house,...
Kind of an important coin for me. Its a Sogdian Kai Yuan Tong Bao with Bukhara tamgha on the reverse. [ATTACH] This is the coin that connects...
One of the most well read, personable, and respected coin book dealers has passed away. John Burns passed away in his hotel Friday night during...
Here is another type of ancient, the Funan Kingdom of ancient SE Asia. The Funan kingdom was the first major civilization in this part of the...
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/gold-and-silver-bullion-worth-200k-stolen-from-war-veterans-home-20140101-305sp.html Sad story about a...
So as another present to myself, (besides the Ostrogoth piece), I received this just before Christmas. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Its is right at half...
This is from the area around Kesh. It shows Hercules standing with club on the obverse, and Zeus seated on the reverse. Both are imitations of...
Man, there are a lot of corroded, low end dregs out there. I truly feel sorry for whoever are buying these things and think its ok because, "well...
Picked this up. I have to admit I did halfway just for the tag. I own some nicer examples already, but who can resist a Spink and Son tag, huh?...
From one of my weekly Sogdian purchase piles, I thought these two were kind of interesting. The first is a silver Bukharan Sogd piece of the ruler...
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