My job certainly would have been harder/ imagine cutting a lawn with shears/ or a hedge/ you would have to pickup leaves with a rake instead of a...
If you had been born into nobility back in 1600s/ man you could have collected so many magnificent gold coins/ esp. all the 10 Dukaten and bigger.
Imagine a beautifull coin from Lithuania back in 1550/ Armored Knight/ Eagle could not ask for a better design/ sure beats the crappola mints...
Thats a lovely coin! Hamburg struck a lot of coinage uptill 1871 as a Freie Stadt. Later kept it up under Das Reich.
I like US gold coinage a lot. But World from 670BC onwards is supreme. I cannot think of any US/ Canada/ Americas coinage that even come close...
I have NEVER been to a auction/ or big Coin Show. Knowing myself/ I might tell myself, "John your max. spending allowance is $100". But, If I saw...
I agree with you. These seem to be rarer on the auction circuit then the fabled Triple Units of 1643/1644. Charles I coins are way scarcer then...
Thanks lordmarcovan! Mine is an old green label MS-62. This one definately looks MS! Unlike other newer PGGS slabbed 62s. Sachsen/ made...
My Dad was a collector and had a big influence in getting me interested too. My Grandfather taught me history/ geography when I was 6/ that plus...
AV Dukat 1630 Dresden Mint Johann Georg I 1615-56 obv: depicts Johann Georg with sword rev: Johann "the Steadfast" with sword Coin was struch to...
AV Crown ND (1633/34) Tower Mint "Potcullis"[ATTACH] Charles I Stuart 1625-49
Coins are the best virus anyone could be infected with! There are no cures known/ long term effects are happiness/ sense of purpose/ prosperity. I...
Thanks for nice comments:)! Seems from 700-1100AD gold coinage was rarely struck in European nations/ replaced by silver. However/ the Islamic...
I got email from Nomos on their recent fixed price list. All of the coins are high quality/ but mucho $$$$. Then I saw a MS AV Solidus from Leo...
It happened to me over 300 times last year. But/ I ended up winning 95 coins that I really wanted for reasonable prices. At the last Triton...
Regno Italia AV 5 Lire 1865 T-NB Torino Mint Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah/ I checked out his inventory. I noticed he out bid me on at least 5 coins! Also/ he does have nice material/ high quality/ tad overpriced....
Even collectors like the famed "Tyrant" do their research before spending insane money. After all you could blow thru 10B easily on sixbid in one...
You have to wonder/ back in 1713.... This part of the World had been a "Ottoman" vassal state. The last Prince Michael Apafi struck some coinage...
I know a lot of elderly folks/ most have a lot more common sense/ smarts then "Millennials";)
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