Doug reminds me of a grumpy old SOB of a dealer I knew 35 years ago. Reputation for just being a jerk, but the truth was he was just tired of...
I agree. None of the other postulated theories makes any sense. This is a hoard only in the sense that later on they were put and stored together....
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I hear you sir, but a couple of points. 1. No one knows, or could possibly know, if a coin was dipped properly. The only proof of dipping would...
Sorry I cannot help man. I have never really gotten traction on Islamic coins. I have quite a few of the early Islamic and figural bronzes, but...
Yeah, Happy Birthday you bat [blank] crazy dude. A couple of my favorite coins are his portrayed as Hercules after he renamed Rome after himself,...
I have been looking at images for years, and I can never be sure. Its one of the main limitations of images versus coins in hand. In hand in 2...
I am not an expert in these, so would like to know as well.
I tell you what sir. I buy coins or coin lots for $400 or more quite often. I worked full time to pay for my own college, joined the military and...
I am simplistic, crackpot hired by the mob, maybe with CIA help. The mob was doublecrossed, and back then that meant something.
I agree. A piece of unstamped metal is not a coin. Proving it is a coin blank is pretty hard. You said its double thickness, so pretty much by...
OP, to give you perspective and show you why its impossible to answer I would offer this. If your coins were problem free, collector grade coins...
I hope I look as good as it when I am 56 years old, but yeah, PMD.
This is what is cool about ancients, depth. You chase issues like this and find them fascinating. I think that is spectacular. 99% of us, (or...
I support the notion it comes from the Bible passage relating to the poor widow who threw in her last two lepta. It got converted to mite in the...
And that is the time/place utility dealers provide. I always hate those posts that whine about a dealer paying less than Ebay or what coins are...
But your post just did. Your post is predicting the future sir. Sure we added debt and liquidity, but we have added trillions in value as well....
Warren, you cannot believe how much that means to me. I know I can never give back to the hobby as much as you, Doug, and some others, but I am...
Classic business case study of a corporation failing because they caved in to short term return oriented activist investors. The long term...
Yeah but there will be a floor. Two things happening. One is strictly bullion, pm market will affect it. Second is collector demand. As gold...
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