Great advice Doug, but I have noticed these are pretty scarce nowadays. Used to be every issue of WCN would have 8-10 for sale at least, now its...
I guess then they should win their case and then go to a Federal Penetentiary for tax evasion then.
I always wondered what the heirs would have done if they had won the legal battle with the US concerning these 33's legality. In my view, even if...
Yeah, but if you go back and look at his entire history, this coin dealer in Philadelphia had a long history of owning lots of items that appeared...
He bought them from a mint employee there is little doubt. The legality would come into play whether the mint employee legally owned them or not....
Or the newspaper fact checkers nowadays. I knew it sounded horribly high, but I knew a FEW Islamic coins are tremendous rarities, so didn't want...
Top left one is upside down.....
Sounds a lot like Philadelphia. No offense meant to anyone who lives there, but to me that city has always seemed to have "issues". I bet the ANA...
I agree on both counts, that Israel blends in ancient motifs and this thread should be moved. :) At least Israel is doing it for the right...
Doug touched on this, and there has been a series of letters in NN recently talking about dealers and shows. It appears a great many dealers only...
They aren't terribly large, and are not pure 24k gold. Melt value would maybe be around 100 pounds or less.
Yup, I have experienced similar. I had a coin virtually disintegrate in distilled water once.
I agree completely. I have never seen olive oil do something like that unless the coin had an artificial patina to begin with. Problem with...
I don't understand this statement. Every 40% silver cion I own is clad, and still has the layer of copper visible on the edges.
I would hold on to them and use them as your first test. Get a Redbook of US coins, learn a lot from CT here, and hopefully in 6 months or so you...
Make sure you tell someone! Seriously, I used to buy silver coins from a guy who found them demolishing houses. I stopped buying from him after he...
Left is ten sen from Taiwan, and the right is a Thailand coin of King Rama IX. I am sure others will have better details for you but that is off...
If it helps any, the first obverse would need to be rotated clockwise a quarter turn, and the reverse rotated 180 degrees for the correct...
I am with you and Christian. Horror stories of impending economic collapse are "fun", and some PM people are more fervent believers of this. It...
I agree that COULD happen, what also COULD happen is an investment more enticing comes along and these buyers of PM the last few years dump all of...
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