No, but I have been briefed on the affect of health insurance prices. Most of the large carriers are going to increase the price of a health...
Regarding the wording, I have heard it both ways as well. My mother used to always call it a safety deposit box, so I do believe its simply a...
Regarding cleaning, I would never use any type of chemical on a coin. You simply do not know what the reaction could be. Long soaks in distilled...
Well I would wait to get some others opinions, remember I don't collect Romans. ;)
While these issues come in a large amount of styles, nothing at all about that coin looks or feels right. At BEST it would be a comtemporary...
Interesting reverse reference Randy. Cool coin.
Many times a good book, a well written article, or similar will spur interest. What is weird about ancients is a hoard will spur prices higher....
I do not thnk he was trying to buy it, but rather show you market value does not matter since its more valuable to you. :)
Let me know. I bet my father has some ebony, (black or pink) laying around.
Or, in other words, a roman soldier's daily pay. Not an archer, a centurion.
The ring test is overrated, and really only says anything about a silver coin. Since silver is most apt to have damaging porosity, i do not...
They simply had all of their silver drained in trade, so had none to strike with. Sassanids did not really use gold, so had a high demand for...
Btw AN, i would have thought you would have picked a byzantine ruler who had an effect on central asia, like MT. :)
Others have given you good answers. Heck i have a chinese coin from the same era worth maybe $5. OTOH a 1901 S quarter can be worth $10,000, and a...
Scarce dang coin for your first byzantine. Silver is the rarest metal for byzantines. Nice coin, i have hundreds of byzantines, including gold,...
Good choice. Early byzantine is very popular, large coins, interesting denominations, and its actually possible to find well struck coins!
I don't disagree, especially about Cyprus traditionally being a gold buyer, (like Turkey), and this event is more important potentially as a...
I think Doug is trying to guilt me into selling my coins. :( Just kidding. It is a very good point. Someday if I had an onsite safe maybe I...
I never SAID I agreed with the OP Juan that this would have a quick effect on PM prices. I was just playing devil's advocate and saying it would...
Unless it lost weight due to salt water activity, usually they were pretty tight tolerances. These cobs were mainly used as an accounting device...
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