It's simple.... You have to attract the walk in crowd. Spend the money for advertising... If the dealers have a GREAT show... They will be back...
Tonight Mike and myself will be interviewing KG and The Ringmaster from the National Geographic Channel's show Diggers. I thought it would be...
I hadn't noticed that... Very cool!
It is hard sometimes to let the really cool stuff go...
Picked this guy up today. Proof only issue of 1,100 pieces. Closed 3 variety with a mintage of 600. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There is nothing wrong with the book itself... it's a good learning tool and contains valuable information. The pricing however leaves something...
Step away from the redbook pricing..... slowly.... slowly.... [ATTACH]
In a sense they are... but in these cases they were officially sanctioned by the ruling government and used to re-denominate the coinage for use...
I don't normally bet the farm unless I'm certain about something ;)
Cuts can cause metal to raise up to the side of the cut giving the appearance of being raised. I would bet the farm that is what we are looking at...
Looks like damage to me.... Those appear to be cuts and not die cracks...
That's a heck of a coin. It NEEDS BADLY to be certified.
Here is what little I found. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3617&pos=0
Picked up this neat 1574 Silver Jetton today. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Last of the counter stamps I picked up yesterday. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is neat counter stamp I picked up yesterday. quartered 8 reales re denominated as 3 reales. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
5 Pesos asking $166 delivered. 2.5 Pesos asking $84 delivered. Paypal ok, if you cover fees. Check or money order ok as well. Shipping...
I picked these guys up yesterday. Here is info about the 5 pence: http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Jamaica_No_Date_(1758)_5_pence [ATTACH]...
I actually picked up a small collection of Caribbean counterstamped pieces and other coinage yesterday. I'll post new threads as I get time.
Tortola was settled by the dutch in the mid 1600's. Before official settlement it was used by pirates such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd as a...
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