No, not really. Every emperor wanted circulation coins to bear his image. However, there are documented special issues amongst ancients that were...
Augustus was a coin fancier of Greek coins but no evidence suggests he did anything special with Roman coins. However, I go back to the original...
While that Arab-Byzantine is scarce, that Arab-Sassanian is downright rare. I would guess are the two most expensive of your new purchases.
Yeah, I just picked up this volume a couple of months ago in a numismatic book auction. TBH, I am so busy I have even opened the book yet.
If this is the case, like I said before, I would change my mind sir.
I never said uncirculated, but said naturally occurring beautiful toning occurs on lustrous surfaces. Xf coins cab have it, but not on the worn...
Looks too worn for that toning to be real to me. Such toning can only occur on undisturbed surfaces, and this one is definitely worn. Always...
I would disagree. It all depends on the premiums. 90% used to sell at discounts to the silver market, and .9999 sell at spot. It all used to be...
Good point. If you like the design, by all means collect one. For speculation, I simply feel not being a coin will always hinder the market value...
I hear what you are saying @Kentucky about how unattractive worn barbers are. However, to me, a worn barber is proof of the superiority of the...
Then our relatives might have shared the same dirt. My great grandfather was in the Civil War serving in an Iowa regiment. Yeah, different sides,...
Nice list. I would probably replace the Stone Mt with the Buffalo nickel, but very similar to yours. I do not even collect US coins any more but...
I just saw this thread, and this is exactly what my guess was before I saw Doug's answer. I would have guessed #4 and 6 would be the two to trip...
I thought that: 1. They are allowed to calculate conservative interest on the pension funds 2. They had to contribute the amount of money their...
Or date could have been scraped. Coin counters and sorters can damage details of coins close to rims.
Age old questions sir. All of them are very personal, depending on the collector. Myself, I mainly gravitated towards Type collecting versus...
"Unlike every other pension plan in the US"? That simply is not true. All private pensions need to be "fully funded" actuarially, which is what is...
Most demographers say Gen X was born between 1965 and 1984, with Millennials starting in 1985. So I would say you are the oldest of the millennial...
Very interesting. I "kinda" collect Melqart, (like a lot of things). I have a couple of the Tyrian pieces, but didn't know they minted them in...
Being a Gen X'er, I am used to being an oddball. I am between most of the ages stated here, having just turned 47.
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