I never say only use one dealer. Always price compare, if only because all dealers have different ideas of market desirability. While I do like...
IDK. I think pedigrees, especially if they were published in a catalog, should carry more value today since it will prove the coin is legal if the...
You could try the world's biggest ancient coin dealer, www.cngcoins.com. Other thoughts might be harlan berk, freeman and sear, or many of the...
In the time of Pompey's War (63 BCE) Flavius Josephus records that "wheat was then bought for eleven drachmæ" (a very high price) ; was the Tyrian...
I more than spell it, I live it sir. :D
Just do what us ancient collectors do, make up what you personally consider a "set". One of the great joys of ancient collecting, there is no...
Yeah. In ancients, there are so many varieties, and also issues with strikes, (three coins may be needed just to see all areas of the coin...
Aww, come on sir, I thought you Europeans were all about history. :) I thought it was just us Americans who were historically illiterate. :D
Thanks. I will be honest, I didn't look too hard, (especially since it was oriented the wrong way). I just saw it was one of the two "main" mints...
I think it BECAME that. To me, most holed coins in the world started from the idea of Chinese cash. That is how most people got used to the idea....
Ching dynasty, Emperor Jen Tsung, (1796-1820). One cash, Board of Revenue mint it appears.
You could be right, IDK. I was just saying what I had read over the years. :)
Hmm, I had always thought it was designed to circulate at par with the Mexican coins. I didn't think there were many francs circulating here in...
Tets were typically the largest silver used in daily commerce, but would be a quite large sum for daily living. Day to day everyone used more...
This as the base. You will find a multitude of various sizes when you delve further, but this is the base of the system. I don't blame Ardatirion...
Not trying to be contentious. You wish to try to make some comparisons using a stated value, then referenced a completely different coinage. Tyre...
This is a reason I am not a fan of bars. No uniform sizes to compare them to easily.
The Comstock lode unbalanced the ratio worldwide between silver and gold. It was the cause of the increased silver weight in our coins in 1873....
The real issue was between bankers, (who preferred tight money policy, therefor gold), versus borrowers, like farmers, (who preferred loose money...
...and 985 is old for a coin? :)
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