Yeah, 600 all different would be a stretch. One could do it if intentionally trying, but it would be a lot of effort. What is the size of just a...
And if someone intelligently weighs the risks and decides for him/herself their best course of action, I have no problem with it. My only intent...
I have no idea where his citation would be. Like I said, in periods of open warfare between rival emperors sometimes an army would pillage a...
Yes, we will never know. I agree though it may very well have been done to protect the coin. People forget toning is a progression to corrosion,...
Laws differ from state to state slightly, but the basic premise is you can only use deadly force to protect life, not property. That is why in the...
You might be thinking of when a Roman army sacked a Roman city that was in active rebellion, or was ruled by a rival emperor. It may have happened...
Just one of us have had luck with group lots Doug? :) As to your question, I would say it depends. I would in certain circumstances do what you...
Yes sir, Numismatic Fine Arts. I thought they sold the really spectacular pieces in one of their auctions twenty some years ago, but I am just...
Lol, so was yours. I made mine basically the same lameness as your own. Yes, something that has never happened can happen. but don't you believe...
Sack their own cities to pay their pensions? No, I have never heard of Roman armies being allowed to sack a roman city to pay for their pensions....
"I'm glad that this thread lasted 2 pages until it became the "I am terrified of something that has never happened will happen any minute" vs the...
I am just thinking you shouldn't be assuming someone who in not very interested in sub-$500 US coins as some kind of snob or something. I add...
But who said anything about "still has everything his dad had before him"? I did not inherit a single coin sir, my father could not afford to have...
Heck, I have three family members that I know about that had their children, (as grown adults), steal their coins. My aunt had a large stash of...
Sorry, I didn't see that part from your screenshot. The first couple of times I did it, it looked identical to your screenshot, but if I scrolled...
...and we will thank you for the decades of scaring innocent people with something that has never happened in the history of our country, and...
Scroll up. ;) I made the same mistake the first time, lol.
I would disagree with this. All silver coins will tone absent modern packaging. If any coin 70+ years is bright white, its a guarantee its been...
"Uncleaned ancients" mainly are slugs. If you enjoy cleaning coins, go ahead, but look at what people report. Most lose money, quite a bit of...
As an aside, many pm people have made this argument about "a sdb is not safe". However, when challenged, I have never seen hard proof where...
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