Aren't marketing people just great? They will sell you a pile of dog poo and convince you they are giving you a mound of brown diamonds....
Bank of Italy. I think they changed it becausr of the fascists in Italy, (no google, I swear).
I was in the corporate tax dept of Norwest at the time. Norwest was 4 times larger than WF at the time and placed the offer for WF stock. They...
And then they were bought by Norwest Bank in 1998. :)
I believe many sellers have special provisions if they buy their own lots back. Basically its like a no sale and they have to pay some sort of...
We don't know his business. Maybe he has had a lot of luck selling this emperor lately. Maybe the dealer was just physically at the auction and...
Wish I would take my own advice more. I was going to bid on a dichalkon a couple of weeks ago, its better than my example, but assumed it would go...
You never know. I recall a story from a dealer where he placed "lowball bids", (some might recognize the phrase), on a large auction of French...
OP, I seriously doubt many of us can post a Gordian I or Gordian II coin. Very nice and RARE coin. Congratulations. :)
It is very true that US prices of world coins are usually lower than in the coins home countries. World coins in the US are a weird animal, I will...
Overall I still see strength in world and ancient coins. US coins have been overvalued for decades. For ancients, (not world but similar in many...
Mine too. Incredible how the design on the paper add so much to that piece.
It is my curse to be interested in Merovingian coins, not that I can add often to my tiny collection. :(
Lol, I think most of us have to pay more than we want to for coins we like. I have learned the sting of the price tag lessens over time, but the...
Well, you are in a little different budget area than I sir. While I wanted Cleo's full name, I knew I couldn't insist on a gVF example with...
Very fair points Doug. Like I said, I have singularly been following these so long that I believe I can recognize most pairs of dies for these,...
Cleopatra VII, (as the commonly termed Cleopatra is rightfully known), is of course one of the most famous persons from ancient history. She was...
No great rule of thumb unfortunately concerning centering. If there is one aspect of a coin more important than others generally it will be a...
Interesting list. Such a list, to cover roman history, would have to cover one or two earlier IMHO. If we have a $100 limit, Sulla and JC are out,...
If someone wants a truly inexpensive short set I recommend getting Bruck's book on LRB types. Complete listings of reverse types and varieties,...
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