Doesn't the antioch byzantine coin show the full statue as well? The coins with the river god as well are my favorite Tyche coins. Antioch has...
Yeah, i agree. Long term i do not think it can be much lower than $15 i n todays environment. Too high of costs and fuel. To me I would call that...
I understand the point, but it doesn't matter. If the economy is without currency because of whatever reason, the damage to the economy would be...
Dubai is one of the largest centers of the gold trade, and India one of the largest producers of jewelry. Dubai exports nearly as much gold as it...
I agree. Nice coins, I love the Tyche portrait, but not a scarce coin compared to other Roman Provincials. Not saying anything bad about the coin,...
Not saying I would not love it either. I am just being pragmatic and saying tying our economy to market fluctuations on PM does more damage than...
True somewhat. But, I would say the consumer of coins, (and I would label a stacker to be the consumer of them in a way), is different than a...
I agree with higher denominations like $2 and $5 coins. Same as the dollar, though, if you do not remove the bill the coins will never circulate....
Starting to look a little more interesting at these levels, don't you think? Not a buyer yet, but paying attention now. Provided you physically...
Interesting, but since we are no longer the world's major supplier of either of these, IMO demand from China up or down has a lot more affect on...
Good point. One huge advantage of a lot of modern coin collecting is a lot of it has innate value. Bottom line, without collector value a stamp...
Well this is half of my "good" bookshelves. You can see the second row down is all BM books. I try as much as possible to group, with the caveat...
As usual, great information and great post. Thank you.
Like JA said, its a book about collectible books. Nothing terribly uncommon. First printing 1947 Redbooks have been worth serious collector money...
I am not sure of an estimate. They were never officially withdrawn, but hoarded due to Gresham's Law. In the 70's you would occasionally find one...
Might as well get your "fancy bookshelf" if you are going to think about buying other SNG titles. All of the ANS titles are that size, as are SNG...
Along with Bill's list, Lake books occasionally has some titles, (right JA?). I search Ebay both under the general book category for coins, as...
Read an interesting article today about "conflict gold". India and Dubai is worried the US and EU might sanction goold products from their...
The exact same argument the op states has been levied against coin collecting the last fifty years. In the seventies the average coin collector...
Yep, it comes from old tea sets, junk silver, rounds, broken or out of style jewelry, etc. I admit junk us is probably slowing down being melted,...
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