Beautiful coin, (great taste). If it helps that is probably the thickest coin you will ever find in ancients. Most will never be that severe. I...
Hard to paraphrase everything, but the underhandedness of collecting in general, the entire trying to put one over on someone else of trading and...
I would never consider this AT. Remember these brown box Ikes had major problems with packaging. I believe half of all I have ever seen have...
Well then you get extra good deals then! :) I am with you in that wear to me is simply another thing that can be wrong with a coin. Way too...
I have never, and would never, say this shouldn't be done. I hedge my currency risk inside my investment portfolio so do not need to do it...
Why do I like morgans? I don't, (well you asked :)) I have always thought the design was pretty pedestrian and could have been much better....
MARRY THAT WOMAN!!!!! Dang, talk about a lucky guy..... All my wife ever asks me about coins is how much can she sell them for, and name and...
Regardless of being an old thread, it was really cool to see Reid Goldsborough's name as the OP. Good guy. I was really sad when I read his...
Lol good one. Even then, I would prefer a high end portrait Julius Caesar or a gold Kyrenacai with a silphium reverse. See how hard it is? Even...
I have but I actively discourage it. Its just too hard. The only time I ever ask for something is if I give them the exact link to what I want. I...
One suggestion sir if I could. I would not ignore or forget alternative investments. A lot or most people do not worry about strength of the...
If you mean investors fears about monetary policy, then I would agree to an extent. To the extent silver is not being driven by industrial demand,...
Cool. I haven't thought much about buying one of these, but they are really nice. Btw, regarding the marble top, I had heard that from a few...
OP, lots of good answers, especially warning you about not buying. I know you have the best intentions, but saying "someone is a coin collector,...
Wonderful quote, and the last few years the quote that haunts me more and more. Between this quote, and my readings on the Roman empire falling...
Very cool sir. I love how it fits in with your theme. Similarly, I have always wanted to get an old nickel slot machine, the type that had a glass...
Great point about a used copy. Sorry, I should have mentioned that. All of the volumes I own I bought used on Ebay. This coming from a man who has...
The smaller silver coins appear to be Venetian and Bulgarian, about 1300, and then the two coppers are 4th Century Roman. Closer pics would help...
Airborn training? I spent two weeks in heck, (self edited) there once. :)
I am not "well schooled", but when it comes to Roman emperors, I try to not set myself up for failure. My own personal definition of "emperor" is...
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