Depends on what kind of dealer Tim. Could you be a vest pocket dealer at shows, going through inventory and buying underpriced coins to resale? Of...
Btw, sorry man. I didn't know you were looking for this coin. I checked a box of Mexican I got from Frank Robinson and this coin is in there.
I know US collectors are not used to this, but its very common in ancients and world coins. I know its a little different price scale, but one...
If looking at Parthian, I always like Mithradates I and II. These two are early rulers, and their coins have great, classical greek, levels of...
Very nice condition and style Eng. Excellent piece. I admit I have never been as big a fan of parthian as I am sassanid. Yours is an earlirr...
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Hundreds of thousands of BU morgans were melted as late as the late 70's. Common dates were basically bullion until the silver melt.
I have seen similar sets Greg. Usually if the coin was just bullion at the time the set was put together, (usually late 60's), they put in BU...
I agree its better to have it than not, my main problem is enforcement. Heck, at a local coin show a dealer had a ton of 1916 SL quarters, 1901s...
I have no freaking idea of what we are talking about. :(
Just wiki'ed it, and fyi the shriners are an offshoot of masons. That explains the similarities. :)
Ok, maybe it was the shriners subset, but weren't the shriners Masons? My Dad was a shriner.
Counterstamps on cents were popular in the 60's and 70's. I have seen many "treasures" brought to me at coin shows by family members. I definitely...
I defer to Bill's greater knowledge of these. I suppose I have only ever paid attention, if but glancing, to the semi numismatic tesserae, and...
? Are you thinking a mosaic tile? A tessera is a small metal object used for various functions. Its not technically a coin, but similar.
Yep, or "woodies". I don't study them a ton, but they seem pretty common on cents from indian head cents up to the forties. There are some true...
You know what, I get a smile on my face every time I read one of your Nabatean posts JA. I love the passion, especially for a civilization I like,...
I also really respect Trajan. Btw so did the Romans. Remember the old blessing, "May you be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan". I am...
Please do not deal in absolutes, since they are almost never true. To prove that, I received a BU 1959d in change a few weeks ago. The portrait...
Very interesting coin. I especially like it with the Emperor in the distance, not the main subject of the coin. Very cool and unusual!
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