Always knew there was "some reason" I liked you :D But I wouldn't include florin in the aka list, the florin is different coin - similar maybe...
Merry Christmas to everybody - hope you all enjoy the holidays !
You're right about Karuse not having pre-1601 - shouda thought of that :( But if you ever have an interest in finding out more about these coins...
More than anything else, I believe that right there is the primary reason. I first wrote about that very same thing in Numismatic News back in...
Indeed it has, and for 14 years running ! A bull market that in my experience is simply unprecedented. I find it pretty scary though for sooner...
The coin is better known as a Venetian ducat. The city state of Venice minted coins of the same basic design, with only the name of the Doge...
I'm inclined to agree, I do not think that is toning, of any kind.
All ya had to do was ask - my grading service is free, always has been ;) Oh, forgot to add this. I can also provide "Stickers" if want, they're...
Kurt I have no problem with you saying that NGC and PCGS are by far the better TPGs - have said the same thing myself more times than I can count....
But what about NGC and PCGS, do you trust your opinion over that of the graders who work at those companies ? Let me be clear here Kurt, when it...
Hmmm, when you say "lower their standards" what exactly do you mean ? I'm asking because if you mean - "would they really lower their grading...
Absolutely ! And none of them matter as much as mine - to me anyway :D
There are still plenty of collectors who do not collect by date and mint. Lots of them in fact, just one kind are known as Type Collectors. Then...
The answer to that is maybe. Yes, it might. Actually it can be both. And in fact often is. Ya see this is what I was trying to explain above...
Separate names with a comma.