This is why many dealers always have a "full tray". If a coin is sold something is put in its place, "you missed this deal" or whatnot. That way...
Most ancients were struck on copper, (or bronze or brass), next most common is silver, then gold, then electrum. Think of US coins 100 years ago...
Well, most department stores triple the wholesale price. Is the price of a AGE or ASE triple its bullion cost?
So....no proof of your assertion about copper being more expensive than gold then? Also, no further comment on how you DID give only gold a...
To the OP, not meaning to derail the thread. My oldest is a 6th century BC silver coin. I do not have any 7th century BC coins yet. Those are the...
I wish I was better with photos, I have an anonymous byzantine I hold my breath every time I pull it out its that appealing, (to me at least)....
I still say you toning guys should check out hard green patinas on some ancients. I am not sure you would go back to the "fresh" patinas of modern...
Looks like palmette. Try this for an attribution: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=177056 Edit: Also I apologize for not being more...
Of course LD knows more about this, but I would guess that the storefront is very valuable to keep open. Most b&m shops in the US make a sizable...
Two thoughts: One, someone said they should give the customers the new price when prices go down. Problem is the mint does not have the profit...
Well I went there and Chumley was working at least. You saw a ton of people paying way too much for junk silver certificates and the like just to...
So you cannot cite a single example of when copper was more valuable than gold like you claimed then? You are pretty good at changing the topic of...
I would vote for lady liberty as well. If the person had to be living, I would say we celebrate our great scientists, authors, poets, etc. I am...
Well you still did not answer when, as you claimed, when copper was more valuable than gold. Just asking for a single example. As to the US it...
Or some sweet, sweet hard green ancient patina. Probably the most gorgeous toning known to mankind.
Not sure I follow. You say I don't understand the difference between copper being used to make currency and gold being currency, and yet you say...
I never got into the dimes much, just a few type, but I think the dimes and half dimes of this series are pretty undervalued. Look at the rarity...
$5 that it was set up months in advance, and she had no intention of selling. It was simply "made for tv, reenacted reality". Anyone ever seen...
Its identical to other drachsm in size, thinness, and weight, but no one knows the denomination. It would be weird for them to put gold in and...
[ATTACH] I know its a horrible pic, but on the throat there is a gold plug in this silver Hepthalite coin. Its more goldish in hand on the...
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