I collect Sogdian, so just that statemen tells you I prize rarity over condition. I find a lot of ancient collector prize rarity and coin subject...
To the OP, a lack of mintmark on this date means it was struck in Philadelphia who did not start putting mintmarks on coins until 1979 I believe,...
I hear you, but looking at his feedback it looks like he was doing the whole "unsearched rolls with coins showing on the ends" scam oh so common...
That is applicable to outsiders. The US government can give it's employees a "bonus" all they want.
But back then he simply got the bags from the bank. I very much doubt he acquired many of his silver dollars at auction at all, probably his other...
Doesn't bother me. As long as the general public gets the opportunity to buy eventually, I don't care. If some idiot wants to pay way too much...
Looks large to me as well.
Cool coin. I am glad your wife likes it. I started collecting Thai coins because my wife is Thai. Now I have a pretty extensive collection of...
Where are you getting the impression mining costs are going up every year? From what I have seen, their costs have dropped sizably in the last few...
Yep, my experience as well. If you don't love it the instant you see it, you will never like it long term.
Yeah, I haven't gotten into Islamic much. I have the How to Read Islamic Coins book but find it boring too. I just bought a couple Artuqid bronzes...
Man, all of you haters with access to such cool shows. Hell, I cannot even coins shipped into my POS state, let alone have access to a decent...
I would have to see the coin in hand. You say you do not think the legends are tooled, but without seeing the flan you cannot know that. Just last...
Um, that is kind of the point. You buy pm as a hedge against other financial investments. If you were 100% in stocks you just lost 15% or more in...
I love collecting stories, but not like that. For ancient coins, and even US coins, stories about who struck it, under what circumstances, etc are...
BUt you don't know that. If a bidder like Mike used a small bid to mark it, he might have set up a snipe. The snipe might have been too low, and...
I think others do the same. If I look at an auction I want to snipe, and there are a number of tiny bids of different bidders, I usually know...
Looks like some kind of 1960's souvenir medal to me. I get lots of oddball metal "things" in group lots. Pretty common.
@stevex6, I would change your installation of that safe man. Safes are only as good as their installation. You need to preferably have that both...
Nice example for the type Chris. Yeah, I try to get into Indian numismatics, but for some reason I do not get much traction. I have some huns in...
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