I would go with an Eide Mar denari. Minted by Brutus to celebrate his assassination of Caesar, I guess he didn't know how unpopular that act...
I think a lot of collectors would be shocked by how often dealers who sold them a coin either will not even offer to buy it back, or want to pay...
Did you factor into the fact that the silver in silver coins by then was worth more than $1? This was the reason people bought up silver...
Not until the general public sees loss potential in buying PM, and stop worrying that the sky is falling on the dollar, do I think this episode...
Good thoughts, but I would expand your idea to, "if you are into coin collecting for "investment" as well as enjoyment, then you should consider...
Maybe I am just lazy, or I don't think the feedback system is really worth anything because of all of the games played with it over the years....
But the point was, if there was adequate gold and silver, why would any of these notes have been printed at all if people "always" prefer gold and...
A liberty nickel collection is also a great idea. In high grades they are attractive coins, but you would never know it when you see all of the...
Fatima, I strongly disagree with this statement. The reason bust halves are so abundant in high grade is that they were used to back up paper...
Yes, on the reverse the right side is the mint name in Manchu. Board of Works was in Beijing.
I read long ago that most of these in existence were made for collectors, and not to defraud the public, because of the notoriety of the story. $5...
Top one is traditional cast Ching coin, while the lower one is a machine struck cash. The machine struck one will be much later, from about 1890's...
Very true Jello. I wish I had the stomach to buy silver right now because I am sure we would all be sick if we saw what was being sent to the...
I got interested in coins as a child. My mother had an old plastic "safe" that I learned to pry open to see how to unlock it. Inside it there was...
Very nice system, I need to think of doing something similar since the flips aren't cutting it on these thicker coins. Thank yo very much for...
But SOMETIMES thinking for yourself with no hard information will lead you to a conclusion that is valid only inside your head. Common sense is...
No! Olive oil is used to clean ancients, but it is a weak acid and will attack coin surfaces. I don't even like it for ancients, preferring less...
^This. Look at the scratches in the lighter fields, proof of the abrasion.
I was just asking if you had any evidence of that. I haven't seen nor read anything that would let me make such a prediction. My comparison was...
Great post Conder, I am glad an expert in those references helped the OP out. Like I said, I don't think anything has ever regretted buying a good...
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