Near universal acceptance of PM as valuable, in itself makes it so....until people no longer accept it much like how humans have generally stopped...
I think this post says it. I was going to buy gold just to stash away. I did and at the price I bought it at years and years ago I could sell it...
I am sure the people who live in places where corn (food) is rare and virtually unobtainable would much rather have the corn immediately....
I think this is my new favorite [img] Things might change tomorrow :)
Thats the best way to invest in PM anyway...long term...even better...inherit it...then you didn't have to buy it at a loss.
I think it is exactly as you say...they are in the business of PM so they know about buying and selling metals which isn't that difficult anyway....
Its pretty much true though. Gold has no real inherent value or real uses (save a few modern uses in electronics and the like) save for the fact...
True, I have this issue with a bust just like this one, probably made by the same engraver as the style is so exact.
Thanks, I am making the dies with ectro-chemical etching with hand touch-up. I am working on a set I am trying to etch by hand but it is a slow...
Impossible task but this is one of my favorites: [img] http://www.cachecoins.org/bielefeld02.htm
I pressed these but I also hammered a few, here are some I hammered, my first coin to mint: [img] [IMG]
Howdy, Havent been around for a bit, been quite busy. Maybe a few of you might remember me, also might remember I wanted to mint my own coins....
Here is a somewhat interesting notgeld coin: [img] The page for this coin and some information concerning the imagry, close details and...
It doesnt look like any of his coins I have ever seen, not to say that it isnt.
It being round isnt what makes this coin an obvious fake...but a fake it certainly is.
Hontonai is wasting his talent for spelling correction on the internet at a coin forum, he should be teaching spelling in a real school or...
I have been threatened with a lawsuit several times for something I have said. In the end, none of them took the time as, in the end, what I was...
Good job, good to see it set free :) BTW..its not just VF but VF 20!! with a 20 I assume you might justify and extra buck or two for no real...
Just because he is disagreeing with you about the surety of this being a scam does not in any way mean he is convinced the coins are real and in...
Its a lovely coin and interesting in an historic context...after 2,200 years, holding the coin with your hands isnt probably much of a concern.
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