Not everything is super expensive. Sure alot of it is but there is alot of stuff at reasonable prices. Like these Athenian Owl tetradrachm I'm...
Yes it was indeed! It was one of those hole in the wall places. But it was nearby and I thought they would at least be in a reasonable price...
Does your ring look like a simple band though? I’ve always loved that design ever since I read Lord of the Rings. The One Ring looks beautiful...
Today I walked into a local place in Los Angeles that I found on Google. I wanted to sell some 1oz silver generic rounds so I could buy some...
Thanks! Oh wow that means a 1 oz American Gold Eagle could be melted down and turned into 3 rings!
I’m just wondering how much gold is required to make a simple gold band for a ring. I know everyone has different sized fingers but an estimate...
Just explaining why I put it here xD
There are Persian Gold darics older than 494 BC. There are also Lydian coins even older than the Persian gold darics. For example: [ATTACH]
There are cheaper coins too in the hundreds of dollars range.
Yeah but it’s more “chat” than it is about Ancients. I was going to put it in Ancients until I realized that.
As long as inflation doesn't get out of control due to mass printing of money.
There are so many amazing coins right now! I haven't seen so many choices on HA in at least a year. Just wanted to give a heads up to anyone...
Will do! Next weekend I’m going detecting where there is rumor that a Union Army camp was setup during the Civil War. It’s not a park or any...
Are they super rare & expensive? I’ve seen other pattern coins but never bought one since I feel the resell would be difficult.
Is that your oldest coin? Because it’s definitely not the oldest coin in the World.
But then you are saying nothing found on public land needs to be reported? What about stuff that could change or add to our knowledge of history?...
Yeah I know if it's on private land that is true. But I sometimes go metal detecting on the beach and on public land that belongs to the...
Yeah it's definitely not a great way to stack but if you like the design and enjoy collecting them it can be a fun thing to do and it does look...
Looks to me like that coin was minted around the time Persia was minting gold & silver Darics & Siglos. That's a nice coin though! I would be...
According to Plutarch the first coins made of precious metals were minted by the Lydians under Croesus. [ATTACH]
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