They usually tried to maintain an alignment like @Victor_Clark states, but it was not imperative. Other cultures changed orientations to...
Wow, I was expecting a AG coin where wishful thinking lent you to believe there was a D. This is just fraud. Hopefully someone gets it taken down.
I would get one sir. Amazon has decent ones for about $20. Money well spent in the hobby sir, and you never know when it can come in handy. My...
Interesting. I do like seeing how people do this differently. I have friends who agonize over coin purchases, and do similar things. A couple just...
I am with others, I see a 1918 S. Definitely an S, the 8 possibly could be a 6 but my first look and I would label it a 18S.
Yeah, saw that on Reddit this morning. I have no idea what the second thing is, but I have thought sometimes how I have lost the "man, this is so...
I find it best, if not for anyone else, to pay what is fair so you can sleep at night. A local world dealer offers me what comes in. I usually buy...
Yes, the turkomen bronzes prove ancients were known to 13th century people, but it is probably most likely they were found items, not items in...
Depends on what you mean by "circulation". Gold and silver coins would always hold value, and trade as such by those who recognized them. However,...
Oh, no doubt. I commiserate with Ebay. Its a freaking mess, sales tax in the US both in terms of every single state having myriad different rules...
Yeah, I think @Insider is too involved in US coins and their mindset. For all US coins, unburied coins exist. For ancients, that simply is not...
Sure, but I am just commenting on how companies perceive this issue. If I do not collect the sales tax from the consumer I owe it, whereas if I...
They are more afraid of erring on the side of not taxing something and having the states go after them than upsetting a few individual buyers....
Like others have said, the () means its denoted but not on the coin. They figured our where each case was minted, and have the TPGs mark coins...
This is the "correct" answer to me. I judge all purchases on how much pleasure I consider it giving me. If I am willing to spend X right now to...
Mostly agree with @Insider . Highest quality seems to be most rewarded but with ancients style is also a huge concern. A fine style coin can...
Sadder is when that buyer or his heirs go to a dealer to sell their precious items and find out how little they are worth. Of course, they never...
I would simply say go look at a lot of 32d examples in hand. They are simply made differently than most other Washingtons, and will look...
I do not think I am a hoarder, I know I am. I have known this about myself for many years, so therefore only allow it to flourish in respect to...
I am simply curious. These issues are known for mint marks being very recessed, hence there is almost always dirt around them since they were...
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