What type of issues are they? If they are from a usurper or a smaller kingdom I wouldn't have a problem with them. The shen seems off for a major...
Yeah, I am due to go through my holdings in the SDB and check for reoccurences. I scrape what I can with something softer than bronze, then treat...
The first must be very rare, as I do not recognize it. Are you asking opinions as to authenticity?
All good points. A friend at the coin club had a discussion of the coin. He thought it was a brittle patina. Look at the edges and see the...
Having said that, there are alternatives. I think I pay 12 basis points for an S&P 500 index in my deferred comp program. Ridiculously high cost...
Like Ken said, just ignore each other. My blood pressure went down 20 points the one time I ignored someone on CT. Sometimes people just get on...
Weird. I just Googles Mamertines and came up with this article from Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamertines So I guess these idiots...
Sorry, @stevex6 , he has a thing for animal ancients it seems. I have never seen a prettier dog on an ancient coin. You would think they would be...
I have tried to buy these a few times before, and always get Clio'ed. This one was cheap on Ebay so figure why not: [ATTACH] Not the greatest,...
So, no, not my collecting area. I do not collect Greeks, I do not collect this city, or this island, this time period, or anything about this...
Lol, I am there with you. I have dealers who "only deal in cash" or ask me to make a check out to Cash, (they must be a relative of Johnny...
....I thought this topic would be about how to lower the humidity in my sdb. :(
I used to be a director in a tax department for a large mortgage firm. From that, I know for certain every state in the US has a law making having...
If the OP would have asked if 90% is preferable to hold versus 40%, given the same amount of silver, the answer is clear to me. 90% has a much...
This is powerful advice and backed up with evidence. What the average small investor does is terrific advice if you do the exact opposite. Not...
Dark patina yeah, but are you sure its original? Looks pretty flat luster wise. Cleaned coins can retoned as well, and usually have a habit of...
Well I look like a genius buying $1000 FV at $15.50 but in reality it was an accident. A happy accident, but an accident nonetheless. That is ok,...
I would say around there. Its a popular type. The type changed later this year to the Type II, so the only way to get a Type I is this coin or the...
Nice haul. I was wondering if I needed to go to Thailand to find more modern coins. Most Thai coins are available in the US up until about 1980...
Yes, and he makes a Byzantine poster as well.
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