273,000 is a pretty low mintage, and then when you look at the chance that they were all put into circulation, and that few may have survived, you...
Might not even be a coin... Could be a Jeton. More of a private token than true coin. Hard to tell from a little pic. Even if it is a Jeton, it...
Do you have larger pics?
It appears to be midevel European to me... It's a hammered coin, common before presses were used. Looks much in the same style of some low grade...
The most I paid for any coin was whatever I paid the mint for the 1999 $5 Washington Gold commem. Roughly 200 bux. I don't have the coin anymore....
You haven't made it clear if you are buying for investment, or buying to become a collector. They are 2 very different animals. Generally...
Unfortunately, with the economy the way it is, and the 'silver mania' going on, you are going to have a hard time liquidating these without wading...
I have a small assortment of tokens that I have accumulated among my coins. I like the transit tokens, so I have picked up a few. The roll is 40...
I never said that silver and gold were the ONLY money... Shells have been money in some societies in the past. Sure, bronze has been money...
So you have rewritten history? Give it a rest.
Yeah they do. Think about that uncirculated coin from the 1850s, for example... Someone way back then thought enough of that coin to save it,...
Gold and silver ARE money, and have been for thousands of years. When the paper is worthless, gold and silver will still trade.
So we are running out of paper now?
Great, don't use it. You're not obligated. Some people like it, and it has a place in society. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean others...
I love albums too. Can't stand flips, slabs, 2x2s, folders, etc... I would love to see a hybrid of an album and air-tites. Pages like the album,...
Yeah, there was a shortage of small coins during the war, for whatever reason. They even used postage stamps instead of coins during this time.
German Pfaltz, 1625 Half Batzen, silver, roughly 9mm... AND German, 1624 Ein (1) Kreuzer, silver, roughly 8mm... I also have a 17** German...
They should just kill the dollar coin and the 2 dollar note. Keep the rest and stop monkeying with the money.
You'd be better off spending a little more to buy them already slabbed. If you start sending in coins, you will send in several for every one 70...
Dimes, quarters, and 90% halves all use the same amount of silver content in relation to face value, so there is no real trick to mixing and...
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