The whole conversation around purity is more appropriate concerning silver. If there is a smelting charge, it is a higher percentage versus value...
I am presently in Thailand. I am in Chiang Mai now, and will be in Bangkok in a week. Anyone have addresses of good dealers to visit? Does Ron...
Thank you. I thought bracteates could have reverses, so I guess the ones I have are pfennings. I think this is a very common assumption in the...
Yeah, I agree. German or Austrian bracteates. Very thin silver medieval coins. All medieval coins are tough. Tough to identify, tough to...
Very common actually ma'am. Non-coin people almost always pay more for coins than coin collectors do. I have told the story here before, but my...
Liquidity is not a major concern for me. It's there, but if possible I prefer to double dip on my bullion purchases, enjoying them as coins as...
I highly agree the US Mint jumped the shark in 1986 not simply keeping our historical values. However, for the rest of it, I do not see any...
Yeah, I am on the verge of needing to rent a 3rd. I am with you OP, with a kind of sadness to have to put them in the bank. Unless like yesterday...
Nice coins Doug. I would have bid on the Bactrian piece if I would have been paying attention, but am glad you got it. I am going to Thailand next...
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I wonder what this coin would look like after Allen worked on it.
No high reliefs gets knocked down to melt. It will hurt, since these coins sell based upon their beauty for a large part, but I do not know how...
If you want to use an inexpensive hole saw on a nice piece of wood, (they are designed for rough cuts really), the trick I know is to place a...
Italy and France always have had gorgeous world coins. In fact, there are MANY European coins that were gorgeous produced around 1910 it seems. I...
I like them too. I ordered the 5 ounce collectors puck the day it went on sale for my uncle. He was a marine who was on Guam and lost his arm at...
I like hoards, they are more interesting than the coins individually. I have bought similar Chinese ones when available before, along with a...
I agree with others. Three things minimum keeping this rare coin from getting a low end VF grade. Technically probably a F, but most rarities like...
Canadian usually is back of spot except for dollars from what I see around here. I would say the dollars at spot are a much better deal than the...
Cool coin. I have a few Sogdian imitations of Byzantine coins, including a gold one listed as unique by a well known Russian dealer. Crosses on...
Yeah, I had a PT ring and it surprised me how easily it scratched. Still like the metal though. Its like "fancy silver" and does not monopolize...
True. Turkmen bronzes are a stretch, though, since they imitated all ancients far and wide. I think I have about half of all S&S types. Seems like...
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