So as another present to myself, (besides the Ostrogoth piece), I received this just before Christmas. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Its is right at half...
I agree with the others. What I had always heard was copper in RIC was dramatically overestimated for rarity since most of the coins sampled for...
You are about where I am then. My last major spends in PM have been semi-numismatic to numismatic gold. I just received a Thai half ounce gold...
I was around in 1980. Of course bullion, .999, is worth more to refiners, and the price paid was higher. It will be in the future as well....
The main thing I would add is about premiums. Premiums disappear when markets rise, so if you are buying only for investment things like pandas...
Good point. I do not buy much silver anymore besides ancient coins since my sdb is getting full, (and heavy, probably 100 pounds now). At some...
Many of these come rough. The red is a type of corrosion. Don't assume you could have made it better YOC, copper does not survive well in this...
Ardashir and Shapur I bronzes. Scarce, like most Sassanid bronzes.
My point was that is the antiquities trade, not the coin trade, that might encourage looting in some countries. This is why I really do not...
Haven't most of the great counterfeiters of US currency pass them to people who knew they were counterfeit? They moved the counterfeits at a...
More power to you like I said. I like copper rounds as well, my favorite is a sestertius of Trajan. :) I was not commenting on eithrr...
Happy Holidays everyone. Enjoy and appreciate what is important in life, there is plenty of time for internet arguments after the holidays are...
While I like copper, I doubt copper rounds will ever be intrinsically worth the premiums you have to pay for them. However, if you like them, and...
I wasn't trying to insult you Guy. In a perfect world I would love to have more hoard information. However, its precisely because they blame...
Legal title only means you legally own them. Stolen goods cannot have good title, but something you buy at the store does. Has nothing to do with...
I am impressed by everyone who keeps such lists. Maybe its because I am an accountant I do not wish to keep track of my collection, too much a...
Yes there is. Legal title of coins is obtained when you receive them in the transaction. First legal title from the US is obtained by the Fed or a...
Not trying to be defensive, but those who make such arguments prove they know nothing about ancient coins or archeology. Put it this way. Say...
I have bought what was either a small hoard or a chunk of it. You can tell by the patina and similar cleaning. I never feel bad really since it is...
The time to buy will be when everyone stops talking about it. In the eighties there were a few hardcore believers in pm for a while. Just like in...
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