Yep. It's an investment into something beyond coins. Look at the ancient collectors here at CT. A lot of them, from what I gather, are serious...
Ebay is the one. But Stacks and Heritage have archived sales, too. If you don't know how to use them, ask them. I'm sure they have customer...
Yep. That's my experience, too. Serious dealers want quick turn around, no hassle. Time is money. The best way for them to make $$ on World...
Smashing collection! Even nicer that they're an heirloom from your father-in-law, and that the coins must certainly have meant something to him....
Hiddendragon has the best idea: Buy low-price-per-coin bulk. Resell individually at 5-10X what you paid. Notice that he does this with mostly...
Yes, their bins must have been populated with coins from extensive collections in the past. I notice that, too. I've seen lots of really primo...
When marking decimal notation, isn't it the custom in Europe to use a "," instead of a "." ?
Sure, I understand that. Special pleading aside, I would certainly appreciate it that when Krause makes an assertion, such as "Die Varieties...
Right. Wrong terminology. I should have said "forum site." I'll remember that.
There is this coin blog: http://www.worldofcoins.eu that DOES have separate forums for different countries and is mostly populated by users that...
Yes, this is Admiral Yi Soon-shin and his Geobuk seon or "Turtle Boat." Admiral Yi (or Lee) is not often touted by the DPRK as a big historical...
Good one. I've got to learn how to do that...
Thanks for sharing your Syrian coins. I recently saw coin albums for Syria, Jordan and Iraq at a coin store near where I live. I think the...
More than enough reason NOT to collect North Korea. But, each to his own...
Yes, I love maps, too! Nice overview of the R.E.
DPRK coins make no sense to me whatsoever: What the heck is Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang doing on a (supposed) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
I don't collect DPRK coins, only South Korea. Just for the reason that most NK coins are made simply to sell overseas to foreigners in exchange...
Those are SPECIMENS? What makes them so? I don't think I've seen that grade, "SP," before. Well, I've seen something new...
Bushlilt? ..............................................................................OH!
Is there (really) a problem with the mint and dealers makin' money? Even if the dealers do hire people to stand in line? No, I guess it's...
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