I agree, I hear of USD circulating widely around the world but never have heard pre-65 circulating. Problem with PM circulating is they would have...
Interesting point. I am unaware of the Roman empire having a flag. I wonder if flags simply derived from military standards, in that in Europe the...
Or a dealer just spent them. Some proof set dates you can buy and just sell off the cent at a premium and spend the rest. Usually the cent and...
I view it that PM spiked in low inflation for protection and too much assets being around. Now, interest rates are higher, (attractive alternative...
Yeah, Ostrogothic coinage after the last Western Roman Empire are very interesting and important. In the carnage of the fall of the west, they...
Excellent examples sir of what I was talking about. The first coin has rudimentary wings, static robes, and a stiff body. The second example has...
Cool piece. Interesting they would make one in nickel considering all of the hassles the mint was having striking in that metal at the time. Of...
Line them up as the same price I think I might like the first a little more, but in my eyes I would choose 3, then 2, then 1. I think 1 might be...
Yeah, style can be in the eye of the beholder occasionally, but most of the time not. Compare a number of coins in similar grades side by side and...
He was logistics, as was his wife's. She retired a CW4.
I was actually in Washington DC this year with my father, uncle, and three cousins. All of us military veterans, with my cousin John and I combat...
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,...
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