Well, since we are in the world and ancient coin category, I visited a dealer a few months ago and every single one of his coins worth over $100...
It varies sir. Generically you can say the lower the price in Redbook the higher the percentage premium. If its a $1 coin in Redbook you can...
I will agree that having a type set folder would increase demand, I will disagree about what the "real veterans" started with. Most of the...
Regarding world coin junk boxes, heck yeah there are lots of them. I went to the MOON show here a couple of weeks ago and probably saw 20-30 if I...
This could be true of the majority, but I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I would agree 100% on the BIN listings, but auctions can...
Fair enough sir, and if I have at least made people think about such phrases and why certain authors use them intentionally that was my main goal.
$30 may be the price in a dealer listing if someone wanted that specific coin, but I will tell you they look a lot like coins from pick bins for...
Frank, I have looked at your coin, but its tough to say much because: 1. Its still very dirty and/or corroded and dark 2. We cannot make out...
Well, the intent of this thread was not to discuss the article really, but to show how authors, (especially those with extremely biased views),...
Its a good point about working with a dealer. I have thought about what to advise my wife if I am gone, (trust me, that will be the only way I...
Nothing wrong with the coin for $5. The seller was obviously clueless, and its not a VF coin, but for $5 is a cool piece of history.
Maybe this is the case for US coins, but not mine. Mine have been going up steadily for a decade, but accellerating the last couple of years. To...
I agree, but a lot of it has to do with more people collecting now due to the internet. To me, we all have a choice to make, either collect what...
Maybe they came to IA too then. When I was buying junk I sometimes would pick through them and I must have half a roll of micro S's at least. They...
Yeah, but I am of the opinion that collectors will be collectors. Most collectors enter the field seriously around their late 20's early thirties....
That's true, and I can take my denari, sestertii, and drachms down to the local arcade and use them to play Ms Pacman........
Just 200? Ancient coins were hugely popular in the Renaissance, the emperor Augustus used to have the provinces send him "old coins" for him to...
I believe the correct term would be a Poppy-American Ruben.
You guys beat me to it. I was going to suggest talking to him too. He writes about every show he goes to how many of these items he can pick up....
Come on, 1000 of each? Yes, they are scarcer since people didn't account for our reliance on mint sets of the period, but I personally saw a...
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