"Regret" is maybe the reason I hoard coins. I haven't looked at my US coins in about 20 years now, but refuse to sell in case my sons ever want...
Antony's coins circulated because they were debased. Check the hoard records, they were never hoarded until after Nero's debasement at the...
I am always amazed at those who can part with coins, in a good way. To me, if given a choice of a coin or money, I go with the coin every time....
I would disagree with the OP that the USD is not a store of value. Store of value has never meant indefinitely. It was always assumed it was...
Oh man, that is a good point. Byzantine bronzes and first-century century Roman bronzes are killer, not to mention Ptolemaic issues. I used to...
Oh, come on. That is part of the fun. I go through boxes and always find "new" coins I have no recollection of owning. It's like I bought it again...
OP, I am in the same boat as you. For PM silver is simply too bulky if you start putting some real money into it. That is why I stopped trying to...
All price guides are problems. Everyone with real knowledge can point out where price guides are wrong, sometimes massively so. They are simple...
Some at work, immediate family. I keep the valuable stuff like gold and platinum in SDB, and talk about SDB as much as PM.
Maybe a stupid question. The only currency I actively collect are colonial Franklin notes. Do colonial notes have any special concerns versus...
But Jim, everyone on this board are a bunch of ignorant, poor rednecks, gosh. We all dropped out in the ninth grade and make minimum wage, well...
And some would point out the hundreds of billions in lost economic growth per year lost tying an economy to some random commodity. There are so...
On a lighter side, I bought the 2016 quarter ounce SL gold today. Dealer friend had a pretty one for a little over melt. Considering buying the...
Biggest thing, really, is if people do not like a post or thread, simply move on. I cruise around other areas of CT. Sometime I just read since I...
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