Frank, I have looked at your coin, but its tough to say much because: 1. Its still very dirty and/or corroded and dark 2. We cannot make out...
Well, the intent of this thread was not to discuss the article really, but to show how authors, (especially those with extremely biased views),...
Its a good point about working with a dealer. I have thought about what to advise my wife if I am gone, (trust me, that will be the only way I...
Nothing wrong with the coin for $5. The seller was obviously clueless, and its not a VF coin, but for $5 is a cool piece of history.
Maybe this is the case for US coins, but not mine. Mine have been going up steadily for a decade, but accellerating the last couple of years. To...
I agree, but a lot of it has to do with more people collecting now due to the internet. To me, we all have a choice to make, either collect what...
Maybe they came to IA too then. When I was buying junk I sometimes would pick through them and I must have half a roll of micro S's at least. They...
Yeah, but I am of the opinion that collectors will be collectors. Most collectors enter the field seriously around their late 20's early thirties....
That's true, and I can take my denari, sestertii, and drachms down to the local arcade and use them to play Ms Pacman........
Just 200? Ancient coins were hugely popular in the Renaissance, the emperor Augustus used to have the provinces send him "old coins" for him to...
I believe the correct term would be a Poppy-American Ruben.
You guys beat me to it. I was going to suggest talking to him too. He writes about every show he goes to how many of these items he can pick up....
Come on, 1000 of each? Yes, they are scarcer since people didn't account for our reliance on mint sets of the period, but I personally saw a...
BUT, don't you find that your beautiful Italian coins are rather indicative of Roman and earlier Greek counterparts? Italy has a wonderful Greek...
I agree, I am just saying I am not in a position, (and don't think anyone on this board is either), to know the facts in this case. Accusations...
There you go! Exactly how I feel, and exactly why I never sell. If I didn't like it I wouldn't have bought it to begin with. Some coins, (like my...
I understand, yet I am unwilling to throw someone under a bus based upon Wikipedia accusations. If they are true of course I would support...
I have some silver pieces, but I bought them for the item not the silver. In my "pile" of silver the only sterling I believe that is there is some...
I will agree I think its strange why Nothaus was prosecuted. To me counterfeiting is making imitation money. Maybe the problem was calling it a...
All what is said about gold in India and SE asia is true, yet the other side is not being discussed. There is also a great flood of gold being...
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