For any world coin, these should be the go to books. Not comprehensive, but their numbers are used by everyone and lists most things. A world...
[ATTACH] Here are a few of my Palembang issues. I do not have any photos of Thai issues handy.
Most. The one in the bottom right, (second up), is billon. A couple might be low billon but low enough to simply be classified as AE. The two more...
No I haven't. I have some pitis from Malaysia and Southern Thailand myself.
IMHO, the differences you guys are missing is Heritage and DLRC are REAL auction sites. Meaning GOOD material auctioned off in a short timeframe....
But then you are asking me, as a bidder, to have to make time to attend this auction "in person". Sorry, I do not have the time nor the...
In a way, they were copies. They were copying the Sassanid types of coins. These started as good silver, then billon, then degraded to bronze....
Honestly, I wish you guys lived nearby and we could just sit down and swap. As it is, they usually just stay in the hoard that is my sdb.
Well, I have found differnces amongst them. I am going through them looking at variances coupled with weight changes to see if I can determine an...
Just a suggestion sir, but I would always ask especially when they are charging higher premiums. Its great information to have. If they are...
Yes, but the "promote the general welfare" clause gives the a hole big enough to drive anything through. "Promoting the general welfare" has been...
I would agree if either small runs or recreating a die that normally is flat. My thinking was if they are making a new die design from scratch,...
I know, its the definition of insanity to try to do something over and over and expect different results, but still. Maybe this one will work. Hey...
The main thing I would tell the mint, if they are reading, is please consider making your collector coins in high relief. I am sure most...
But if there is too far a spread between the futures and the cash market, (basis), then the futures risk becoming irrelevant. This is why they...
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