Yeah. I find 1980 too often either overplayed or underplayed depending on what service someone is trying to sell you. Any performance analysis...
There you go JA. :D I will make a hoarder out of you yet.
So where would the dividing line be? If I sold a coin made of gold, since its "legal tender", is any profit I made from holding it tax exempt from...
Nice one. I admit if I had room for more subcollections I would like to chase Ostrogothic more. I only have the one "Roma Invictus" issue.
Lol true. Once you see it, you cannot take your eyes off the little guy! And people thought the movie Happy Feet was an original screenplay.....
Cow and horse manure is fine, one gets used to that. There just is no getting used to pig or chicken manure. You can smell them spreading that...
Dude, $5 silver or $300 gold I would there with you. However, like you alluded to, mining costs have greatly exceeded inflation, so I doubt even...
Lol, isn't that the truth. I choked when I saw prices in suburban Minneapolis versus prices in Des Moines. I could buy nearly a mansion in DM for...
Even more complicated with silver since most is a byproduct of other mining. Its POSSIBLE, (very, very unlikely, just saying its possible), that...
Yeah, but this is ANOTHER reason I never bid on Ebay except through snipes. I can cancel a snipe until a few seconds before the auction ends....
Yeah, pretty severe drop. This is the danger of ONLY investing in one thing. I serious do not care what that one thing is. OTOH, in such...
Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius? He was a usurper who was allowed to rule, right?
Isn't the giveaway that the seal is also on the "overprint"? I thought the seal was a different printing, and the odds are very long such a thing...
So, is that where it ends? Would platinum not be PM as well? Palladium? If you are giving special treatment to them, why not copper and lead? I...
Peace amongst all of the Augusti 1070 years? 1070 years from the founding of the empire, and peaceful relations amongst the Augusti is what its...
I agree with Doug. No sign of wear. Btw, don't worry Matt, I find Hadrian and AP close in appearance as well. I cannot describe it, but AP just...
Its "money" but: 1. Only if merchant agrees to take it 2. "No set monetary value" States can do what they want, I am just worried. They say...
Btw I agree with Doug. Well centered on a full flan example of these are not very easy to find. The dies really called for 17-18mm flans, but were...
Good gosh man. Now you know why most coin collectors say to never clean coins. This pic will haunt me for decades I think I might start...
An interesting note about Constantine. Some like to say he was not a "true Christian" since he only converted on his deathbed. But, back then,...
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