I thought Walter Breen passed away. :(
Just Ptolemaic or also Roman and Byzantine? Are you going to go after the only Pharonic coin issued? THe Pharoah coni is very expensive, the...
Well they do lump us together on this board. Sorry for the distraction, its just upon seeing that coin any ancient collector will immediately say...
Nothing unnecessary about it at all sir. This is what we are here for. I was hoping I was wrong too, if it helps. :) It wouldn't have hurt my...
Oh come on! While I am appreciative of the fact that the Greeks have a great numismatic heritage, this coin is a blatant copy of a Carthaginian...
All very good points sir, I agree. Again it comes back to knowledge. Those who have more will get better deals. Those who don't will get fleeced...
Yes, I agree its probably terminology. The plating of fourrees was in a different manner than any Roman technology. If the method the Romans used...
I wasn't trying to insinuate about your post sir, just a reference to the last time a physical audit was done with Congressmen. It was somewhat a...
Well considering I have bought $1000 worth of coins for $100, and $50 worth of coins for $150, which is the market? I bet you could put together a...
I would say better than normal sterling, but not as desirable as 90% silver would be. I would try to get junk coin multiple for it, but not be...
I would dare say you have a better collection of US coins than 99.9999% of US collectors have of Egyptian coins. :) Myself, besides some modern...
I would vote with the crowd as a cast before I could see it in hand. Its not the porosity as much as the soft details that should be there in the...
Yeah, and even then you need to take the prices with a grain of salt. The major problem with using EBay as "market prices" is variability in...
But what kind of audit do you want? Are you only happy with one with TV cameras? It is standard procedure on facilities like this to take daily...
Because of the variability of what the other 7.5% is, and the fact that often it is metals very hard to extract from the silver. 90% US coin...
The paperwork and logs are audited every year I believe. I believe the main reason there is not a physical audit is that a physical audit causes...
I agree with the entire post. The Athens plated coins have been widely reported, even though it is very flimsy as to its citation. Even if this...
But the point is the same sir, silver WILL be sold. My only opinion on whether to buy silver would be to tell everyone to remember what it was...
TO stick up for Cladking I think I could as well. Maybe not if they were all bright BU, but you really won't see those in mixed rolls, right? On...
Yes, silverplate is basically worth copper value since its usually plated over copper. Sterling sells at a discount to the silver market, so...
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