Well that’s why Gold is considered a hedge against inflation. It holds its values regardless of currency devaluation. Keep in mind most $10 gold...
I think the reason people don’t carry around large amounts of money today is because of things like checks, credit cards and debit cards. You say...
I don’t think most people spend ALL of their pay. Most people would’ve had some sort of savings, even if it was only a little bit. I was...
I was thinking more like this. You get paid $20 a month and go to the bank to get say a $10 Gold Eagle & 10x $1 Morgan Dollars. You stop at the...
The question isn’t so much about the trust in paper money but rather about why people used silver instead of gold. Let’s say I’m living in those...
Well that’s kinda what I meant. Like you said: “People just liked gold coins more than silver..” So if I lived back then and was working full...
I think I read something about that! Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Gold circulate more in the west due to the California Gold Rush? I...
Was a gold double eagle something that people carried around with them regularly? Or was it too much money to carry around back then and used only...
We’re not talking about CoinTalk. He was talking about Collector’s Universe. On Collector’s Universe the moderators sided with me when I was...
1). I couldn’t care less if the people trying to attack me hit the ignore button. 2). Collector’s Universe is useless anyway with all the...
I got one too. :( I clicked it immediately and it said they were still unavailable. [ATTACH]
“Strangely, Sterling's composition is very similar to coin silver: 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper.” That’s why the British named their currency the...
Very nice!! This is the closest I have to one of those. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Be careful with the ones made by the Chinese government. The gold/silver pandas and stuff. From what I’ve read they are often found to be underweight.
Nice! I use mine as a sort of hedge with most of my money being in the stock market. No worries about the staples though. I have a bunch of...
You should see the Libertad! Holy smokes that coin is THICK! What’s weird is the way all of them are 1oz .999 fine yet some of them fit in half...
If anyone has any authenticated & graded by NGC/PCGS silver or gold coins from Ancient Greece/Rome or from the Medieval Era (477 A.D. - 1600 A.D)...
Good idea! I actually just put them in the 2x2s about an hour ago. Before that they were in APMEX plastic flips and those obviously suck based on...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hey guys just wanted to share some cool international silver bullion coins I’ve collected over the years. I just found...
Well the Saint’s just have the same obverse as the American Gold Eagle. The one thing I don’t like about them is that they are a weird amount of...
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