Thank you Wizank. Actually a much tougher coin in MS63 than the Farouk 500 Piasters in much higher grade though you wouldn't know it by the price...
All the best stuff was minted within the last 100 years if you ask me, the only exception being the British Occupation issues from 1917 which are...
When I was in Egypt in March of 1993 the denizens were blowing-up cafes full of tourists. Made looking for coins kind of a secondary thing,...
Agree that $21 an ounce silver is the magic number to break on thru to the other side, and I would guess there is a ton of resistance between 20...
You are certainly correct about the inflation numbers, no question inflation has been running much hotter the last 20 years than anyone in...
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If you still have French coin books, I've been looking for a copy of Mazard (2 volume set) for some time now. It's available in Paris but always...
Who you buy them from and which Doge, some are super common while others impossible to find. I've got a little collection of those too, only 5...
I just added the 1917 Italian 2 Lire (NGC MS63) to the collection at the Chicago ANA. Completes the 4-year set for me, 1914-17. MS65, MS65,...
Too bad there is no way of knowing if it was struck before or after the 100 day period when Napoleon returned from exile. (March 10, 1815 – July...
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Interesting edge toning.
Indeed it is. Would you believe an AU55? Me thinks more like an MS62-PL now days, but at the time it was slabbed it was the second finest known...
Terrific discussion. The Euro btw, ought to be at $1.70 if you compare prices here and abroad. The only thing more overvalued than the US dollar...
AV as in AU. V was used in Latin for both V and U. And so by saying AV, it is an archaic way of saying AU. AU is the periodic table...
Sweet! Ponterio really had a terrific selection of Italian coins at the ANA, looks like you scored a nice one too.
One of only 36 coins seen at the grading services for the 2 year type, split exactly even between the two years with 18 coins graded each for 1827...
They say that forecasting the weather requires nothing except claiming tomorrow's weather will be almost identical to today's. Such a prediction...
All else being equal, only have to be right 51% of the time to win in the bigger scheme of things. The entire premise of technical analysis is...
Less a case of gold's upward potential this time, than the US dollars certain eventual destruction. I will concede however, that the dollar's...
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