Robert K has an article about them. His view, (which I share), is the ones with the monogram in front of the men are Roman Republican issue to pay...
The modern hoard was found around 2010 or so. The market was flooded with them. Yours appears to be the earlier type, possibly struck by Brutus....
I agree. "Rare" can never be determined by quantity known alone, its always a correlation between quantity and demand. If 2000 people in the world...
Interesting note. I got a group lot at HA some months back with three examples. one of I believe only 2 as far as I see depicting slaves on CSA...
Probably more are uniface in my guess than double sided. Depends on the issue, both were printed. I have never known the rhyme or reason why...
Be careful on the restore. If you do this, and many do, you can run into problems if your new system versus old were not identical. Things such as...
I agree with @Claudius_Gothicus . However, I am not saying these coins "should not exist". Rather, its wonderful they DO exist because it fills in...
They did, they were called coin notes I believe. The reason they were called gold or silver certificates was due to the coins being held in...
Wow, I am a former MCSE and still couldn't follow all of that. I simply order my IT department to ensure everything on my home computer is backed...
Costco is out where I am, but everywhere else has to. Perfect case study how something irrational can get hoarded. The act of hoarding starts...
Ok, up to you. Myself I would have bought some junk round or small bar and practiced on that. I don't like practicing on coins myself if I can...
Um, yeah, you just lost any and all premium on that coin and will have trouble selling. Only one who wants that would truly be a smelter, who...
Standards are standards, at either a Troy ounce or 30 grams. In Asia, 30 grams is a more normal weight really than an esoteric weight invented in...
Just holding right now except for coins for kids. They like one ounce silver coins so I buy some every year for them. Not sure if I will ever put...
Are all of your pandas 2015 dated sir? I wonder if they started skimping on metal that year because they were not declaring on the coin it was a...
I think the problem with these metals is the extremely high buy/sell spread if people want to invest in them. Finding them to buy is hard enough,...
I believe I paid too much attention to the second photo and just glanced at the first. I completely agree the Athenian tet looks colored, for...
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