Good answer. My opinion is that is was near the tail end of the "roll hoarding" craze, and while people were piling up rolls of halves and...
Hmm, maybe a lot of Byzantines for $40, (50 coins, so that wasn't bad right there), but had an Ostrogothic bronze in it worth at the time maybe...
Yeah, we can be picky about that. "Do not clean" is very good advice for the general public. However, ancient collectors take flack from other...
The Venetian has an ancient coin store in it. Its overpriced, and designed for non-collectors, but still its neat to go see. The same store is in...
I tell you what, if that pic doesn't make you sit up straight, try to scan what is in there, and make you wish you could run your fingers through...
Mine is dated about 2002. Its current enough for me. My main beginning source for US coins is Breen anyway, and its about 25 years old now.
You are right I very well could be wrong. If you are right and this is the interpretation of the law, there might as well not be any law since its...
Well I have both types, the long skinny ones and the ones that are rounder and look like mushrooms. I was told by a dealer the aztecs used arsenic...
Yeah, but you are an oddball collector even amongst ancient collectors. :) I mean, how many people in the world collect tessarae???? I actually...
He admitted it AFTER I questioned their authenticity. Before I questioned them, there was no notice whatsoever that they were fakes. Not on his...
Eh, the downside of all of the warnings people issues to newbies. If a coin is circulated, especially below XF, I cannot see how clean hands will...
Why does that have to mean by spending them? I read that as being sold, "introduced into commerce". Why would wording like that be in the Hobby...
Well based upon some feedback here, and my own personal opinion, I called the organizer and let him know. I told him it taints the whole show for...
IDK. I do know they were better fakes than the common pot metal stuff. Die struck, aged, and a few light nicks and scratches here and there to...
But that is the rub, right? How do I know he is not? When I called him out on them, saying they looked wrong, he said "yeah they are fakes I...
You can try, but auctioneers hate it for many reasons. One, they may do a lot of work for no pay. Second, auctions with reserves do not draw the...
I would imagine this would drive sellers bonkie if they tried to think about it. I have a ancient dealer who puts on auctions, and I bought a nice...
That was an older thread. I had no way of knowing which "bankster hit" you were referring to, as there always seem to be so many being carried...
I would go further than you guys, by saying "importing in the US" would include the entire chain of people, including the dealer. What good would...
And how many contract on margin were bought? How many contracts were "bought" with money the buyers didn't own? Evidently if they were sold...
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