The only thing that made me nervous was, in late June at the height of the Greek crisis, the banks forbade access to SDBs. I thought that was a...
I simply did not find anything in the OP's post news. A depositor is a creditor of a bank, always has been. Its a special type though. The reading...
Yes, there was a damnatio against him, so the state said you should destroy or deface anything with his likeness. I have seen Gaius', (his real...
Phoenix on pyre?
Actually, thinking about it, this might explain some luck with group lots lately. I just got a lot of Greek Bronze and shocked I got these for the...
I have two of these, but unfortunately I opened the box Saturday by mistake thinking it was something else. So its an opened box, but I looked at...
Its been hit of miss with me. Some things maintaining, others a little weakness. I have had a little more success in the more prestigious auctions...
Yours is a fine looking coin OP, so as a ancient collector it grades XF. People from other areas get in a huff when I grade their coins an XF, but...
Yeah, that is the concern. I do not think enough people are taking into account the very short life of fracked wells versus traditional ones. Old...
I don't think the tubest ever had pvc. I doubt coin shops will give you much for them, but it would be a place to get rid of them. Rolls in the...
Nice Condor. I forgot the war of 1812 interrupted the flow of copper for cents that year. If I remember right they struck some that year, but none...
I agree. Some places used to color coins for free plays, so they knew how much money was made and how much used to entertain the drinkers....
You can polish just one side easy enough. I have seen a world coin struck with one side a polished proof die, and the other a business die. OP,...
Pretty good amount. I am testing my memory, but I seem to remember a story in Coin World of a man about 20 years ago who had a whole basement of...
Yeah, these things are just great to hold. Seeing pics of them are one thing, even seeing them in person is good, but taking it out of the flip...
An elderly collector I knew in Iowa 20 years ago had every date/mm starting with the Chain cent in 1793. Now some, like the chain, weren't in...
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