Man, I wish I had your discipline. I am serious. I simply cannot maintain a want list, since it is whatever strikes my eye at the moment....
Want lists tend to grow in proportion to income in my view. I used to want 1 gold Byzantine, now own more than that and not even a main collecting...
Must invest in different stocks than I do. I collect about 4% annually in dividends for my "play money" stock portfolio.
Problem with buying slabbed PM and thinking its ok because I "will get the premium back". Let's assume that. Let's say you buy 10 ASE MS70's...
Wow, wildly not bullion in the least. I have wanted one for a while. For those who do not know the story, Saudi only wanted gold in payment for...
There definitely some who more closely define a "set". Many with deeper pockets insist on a denarii set, all portrait and a lifetime Caesar. Makes...
The ancient collectors have been seeing spikes all through Covid. Its one of those things that makes you glad you bought what you did when you...
Not from me. Its cool, but unless there is a provenance associated with it, (listing dealer lot number, auction number, etc), I do not see why it...
Yeah, definite eye appeal winner.
You well could be right about Arab Sasanian. I was thinking it could have been a one off, kind of like figural Turkish bronzes, a celator ran...
Good point. I don't know what prices were for in the 50's, but bought quite a few originally sold in the 70's so this price would not have...
$25 for that coin? Guessing in the 1970's. By the late 80s/early 90's an 1807 like that they would be asking $80/100 in my memory. Anything before...
Interesting piece. I too would highly doubt an Arabic word being used on Sasanian pieces of this timeframe. My only thoughts would be two fold:...
I view palladium as tied to gasoline engines long term. If you think EVs will continue to make inroads, that would be negative to palladium long...
I got mine at an auction on VAuctions or Agora from a dealer who was out of Georgia. I loved his auctions but he took a job with a major dealer...
Must be a rare subvariety if they are saying only 2 known. I own a gold Bannassac chalice issue.
Nice start. I do admit I appreciated each coin much more than I do now when I had fewer. As your collection grows you will find its great to own...
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