Well, another huge aspect regarding lack of silver coin production in the later empire and during the Byzantine era is the Silk Road. The Silk...
I like both ideas, the older ones were intrinsically more valuable so Gresham's Law applied, AND they had a greater need for them later in the...
The thing is, I do not recall ever participating in an ancient auction where I wasn't blown out of the water on a lot unexpectedly. Every single...
It means many of the coins minted were never released, so there are not as many around as you would think based upon the mintage. If a total of...
They will charge it if they can get it is the correct answer. EVERY time during such events premium spike, "we have the risk of it going down..."...
"Melted" before release means just that. The mint struck them, but they never sold, so they were remelted to make new coin blanks. Some of these...
This is a problem sir. "Ancient" coins encompass such a HUGE variety it is very easy to get lost and give up. My suggestion is to grab a hold of...
"You guys are a bad influence"....yes, yes we are. Btw Randy, we love everyone on the ancient board. Please never be intimidated. We all started...
Excellent point actually. This is where "smaller fish" can shine. Heck, grab a copy of Guido Bruck's Late Roman work, and anyone on this board...
Yeah, 1943 cents were made of steel, 1942 and 44 were made of bronze. So a bronze 43 or steel 44 are the jackpot coins if real. I would say 5000...
Its possible. There are more coins out there than you think. All coins for sale in the last decade MIGHT be 1% of the population in collections...
Markets change. I used to buy early Thai coins but then the market caught up with me and priced them out of what I wanted to pay. I collect many...
But it has been in many areas of the country. Hedge funds and others have bought tens and tens of thousands of homes to rent. Do they have the...
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