The sole POINT here is that in South Africa, post offices are being looted or burned. There are many countries I ship to, with never a problem,...
Read this post from a stamp dealers' website: http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=58280
Worst advice of the day...
The diameter of a Lincoln is exactly 19mm. On a Buffalo, the distance from the bottom of the words "Five Cents" to the top of the letters "ES" in...
Find articles by Grover Criswell. Most of the Confederate States (and cities, and railroads) issued paper scrip during the Civil War period....
I had looked in Krause but didn't see them. My volume only runs from 1901 to 2000, which explains why. But the OP ought to be able to find...
Another piece of sovereign authority that much of Europe gave up -- for what? Spain, Portugal, and Italy made out like bandits, Germany and...
Along with the "value" obsession, there's also a pernicious "fight or flight" mentality among the junior coin-grabbers, too. Some of these...
The difference in value between 1979 Mint and Proof sets is so small, I'd just keep them and forget about it. If the OP benefits from finding a...
Without some research, my guess would be that no German or other European firm can mint "Euro" coins, just like you can't mint "Dollars" in the...
Blaubert.................YES. There's some risk. If it were a sure thing, everybody would be buying PM's. But to my way of thinking, holding...
You were on the right track until "...or have an investment firm store it for you..." Like Tulving??...
What country?? Images? PM content, diameter, fineness? [minted in Germany does not necessarily mean they are German coins...]
I am only reporting what I found online, subject to o_O error. I think "modern" mining has a lot to do with the estimates. Something I didn't...
For posters above, all the gold ever mined in the history of the world, in the opinion of several sources, is a cube 67-68 feet on a side, not an...
This is sort of interesting - a cube (in Paris) representing the global production of gold in one year. It's 5.36 meter sides translate to a...
Yow - 10 ounces runs about 13 grand. Not one person in 20 on CT has that kind of bucks to speculate with. And although the Maple Leaf is my...
I thought all the stone coins of Yap had a Chihuahua carved on one side?
When PayPal departs eBay, eBay's going to have to change its tune FAST. They sold their cash cow, and I predict other auction websites will...
I have some beeeeeeeeeg stacks of silver dimes. They slide over each other real good. They cost about $20 per foot. Got silver? :D
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