Wow Walter, (@wprime ), nice article. Great to see another Thai collector. I collect Thai coins, especially medieval, since my wife is Thai and my...
I agree. A couple things at least going on. One is the original translation from Greek to another language. Then the translation of that language...
I remember the whole chat episode here. From my memory some words were supposedly said, and that might have been the end of it. However, it...
Yeah, most of this stuff will be dated in the 70s, especially around 1976. Literally tons of things like this made for the bicentennial.
I agree premiums are up. I am unsure if its due to normal basis adjustment due to declining spot or something bigger. The availability has been...
I cannot remember if I have a Justinian. I know I don't have a forward facing bust gold of his like yours AN.
Do you have Joe Cribb's book on sycee? Its the standard for the field. Personally I would only trust respected dealers well known to US...
Tiberius is expensive because of the whole tribute penny thing. Nice coin OP. A silver Gaius truly is a scarce thing.
Both the low prices and the huge physical spread were in place long before the VW nonsense. With the new low cost mines in South Africa opening...
Agree to disagree. This is an attractive issue. Put some country's name on it so it's a coin, and it's a $25 coin and they would sell more. But we...
They are milk spot from the mint. Clean hands, handling coins by the edges, are always safe. I actually believe cotton gloves are dangerous to...
OP, it really means safely parking your cash on the sidelines was safer than investing in stocks. That happens fairly regularly, but its a timing...
For those countries who are UK derived, I understand your point. Collectors in general, though, simply prefer coins not rounds. Even though we...
I have to say its the most attractive of that series. I would have more interest in them if they were coins.
I would be worried about condensation as well. Water is never good to put on the surface of a coin. Everything bad that can happen to a coin gets...
Doesn't look much like her. Here is her portrait coin of hers I own. [ATTACH]
Its very true that weight can be a critical factor in Sogdian coins. Problem is most people do not realize this, and its not obvious from...
Maybe you are right. I have just noticed pure silver tones faster than new copper, but maybe my observations were biased. I still throw...
Considering Song dynasty coins are worth about a quarter a piece, and this is by far NOT the largest cache ever found, not really. :) Imagine if...
But then you only have something AS REACTIVE in the bag, not more reactive. You want something more reactive than the coin you are protecting to...
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