I understand the reasoning behind it and I am not passing judgement on it's value as an investment. I think every collector at least hopes to turn...
Right. Because collecting bullion is so different fmor "hoarding money." :rollling:
I find them too shallow for my liking, and too small - I would like to keep any pedigree tickets WITH the coin. I'm still working on devising my...
Ironically, holding them by the edge would increase that risk, as they are more likely to snap in half.
Holding a coin like that is perfectly acceptable for an ancient coin like that one.
A Roman Republican silver denarius of moneyer L. Marcius Philippus, 57 BC. Rome mint. Diademed head of Ancus Marcius right; lituus behind /...
They were made in different cities. The individual portrayed is the same, but the style dramatically different.
I am a professional numismatist and I do write in my spare time.
Not without doing some intensive research, and your medal is not nearly worth that investment of time. But the strike (or cast?) of yours is very...
It is a medal of Charles IX and Elizabeth of France; they were married in 1570, and he died in 1574, so these must have been originally made...
YES. THIS! If you want to be a coin dealer, business school is absolutely the way to go. Far too many coin dealers can't write a business plan.
I have seen rings attributed as Sumerian, and I know Opitz mentions them in his survey of primitive money, but I have never seen any compelling...
In the United States? No. There are no regular courses devoted solely to numismatics in this country, but there may be some in Europe. The closest...
Sounds quite comfortable, and a good deal for the area.
So, a nice two bedroom shack in Brooklyn? :D
Hey, I'd never DREAM of paying $600 for it! Haha
$600 seems a fair price for one in this grade.
Here is a piece you will enjoy pondering on. [IMG] ROME. Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ As (20mm, 9.84 g, 6 h) Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78....
If one of those crappy world mints made coins commemorating the characters on The Wire, I am not ashamed to admit that I would buy a complete set.
I have a hunch that it could be from a medallic series commemorating Dukes of Lorraine. But without the legend, or at least a clearer picture, I...
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