I would agree this this assessment.
Well aware sir. We limit percent of sales, refuse to enter mandatory margin reductions, and have one foot out the door at all times. Anyone ever...
They will pull out the same old playbook, start with, "we need the rich to pay their "fair share" and we promise it will only be the rich". Then...
I happen to make 4 products in Walmart sir. I reject your hypothesis. Sure, there is a lot of cheap stuff made overseas at Walmart, but your...
Yep, interesting series that started as Parthian coins, then a countermark was applied, then they imitated the Parthian coins and applied a...
I have posted before, but Byzantine coins always remind me of the movie Crazy People. In it, there was a man in the asylum obsessed with Saab...
Good for anyone looking to get into PM today to remember. Those who got into PM in 2011 were in for a hurtin' unless they continued to buy as it...
Almost never a collar. That is a modern invention. Flans typically were cast round, then struck on round dies. This enabled to have very good...
Man after my own heart. If you like one, you LOVE 1200! :) I feel the same about all of my coins.
Not dumb. Complicated question. There usually is drift when PM goes up. What happens is people sell pm and with the "profit" buy numismatic coins...
Obverse definitely AG. Reverse G. When you lose any semblance of a rim it has to be AG on most coins.
Well, here is a pic of a random Byzantine, (not mine). For certain periods this is representative. [ATTACH]
Wow, I am surprised the all time winner has not made an appearance. While I grant you late 3rd century Roman can be rough, especially coins of the...
Frank Robinson, a pretty legendary dealer to many in the ancient and world coin sections, used to label his shipments "metal stampings". Its true,...
You GOT allowance? Lucky.
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If the color is real, I say cleaned. Red usually mellows.
Wow, where did that come from sir? I enjoy his educational posts, and was able to find the thread easily with a simple Google search.
Not familiar with how matte proofs should look. Is a clue of what is wrong the white marks tracing the hairline at the back? If I saw these...
Sad thing is, look how far CT went so quickly. Remember it used to have NO state income tax, and once it started it pretty quickly became one of...
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