For those unaware, this is the only gold Eid Mar legally allowed to be owned by a private individual. Any Eide Mar is HIGHLY desirable due to...
Similar but maybe more realistic. To me $25-30 silver and $1500-1800 gold are good prices given long term trends. I simply want it to go down so I...
Coins from Mithradates the Great are fun no matter which city its from. Always a cool little collection, given the callbacks to classic Greek...
I would say in general I am both Eclectic and Jack of All Trades, but on the other hand I believe I know more about Sogdian, Hunnic, and Sasanian...
Yeah, I cannot comprehend the phrase "enough coins" either. :) Like Randy, mine is mostly 90%, and measured in pounds, not ounces, but would still...
Yes sir. If in the past a 65 was $800 over melt today it might be $200, (just guessing from prior movements), so now to trade a lower grade for...
Its a great point for collectors nervous about PM prices. Every time it spikes like this premiums compress for a while. Use this time to swap PM...
I got it from CNG, I think just a few months after my daughter, (named Irene) was born. So, maybe 5 years ago. I think about $2800 plus commission...
Interesting. Scarcer coin, not sure I am familiar with it. All I have seen from him were the traditional Zeus portrait.
I agree with @panzerman except for Byzantine solidi. High gold does set a new floor for reference for byzantine solidi, since they are around .14...
I thought it was the octobol sir. The drachms of Ptolemy III were usually 70ish grams, and octobols 90+. The Ptolemies as far as I have read had...
Remember drachms were supposed to be silver sir. Egypt was short of silver but had copper, so made massive copper coins instead of small silver...
Speaking of holed coins, especially for world and ancients there is an interesting corollary discussion. I always wondered why western coins had...
I hear you OP, many collectors have been taught how a hole simply makes a coin completely uncollectible. Kind of silly. I prefer coins without...
Maybe in a certain rare period sir, but I would disagree. For centuries from ancient times until relatively recently it ranged from 12-16 to one,...
Has anyone seen the overall coin market go up for collectible coins due to the flush of money into the hobby do to metal prices? That happens...
If you really want to see variety, someone can attempt to collect the Class I by reverse types. I probably own 10 different types and I do not...
I agree with others that it is tooled. IF it were not tooled and in that condition I have seen them starting at $1500. Sestertii are indeed rare...
Yeah but this old bugger remembers I bought quite a bit of silver, (which I still own), at 3 times face all day long. I knew a couple of people...
I do not post as much as I used to. Just busy with 3 children in the house, my job, etc. I try to collect at times, but usually miss my coin club...
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