Very nice post sir. Thank you. Its great to have an experienced hand help point these issues out to new collectors. I agree to the extent I have...
Just a FYI there is a new World Coin list out by Frank Robinson for those of you who enjoy buying from him. Also, on it he discusses how he is...
I took Doug's comment of "its a waste of time" to mean he believes its an endless, unprovable discussion. People will simply have opinions and...
The Early Paper Money of America published by Whitman, author is Newman. I have this book and find it well written and enjoyable. I am afraid I do...
Great post, though me coming from the 90's would argue that an undergrade by either service nowadays is VERY rare, like 1000-1 versus overgrades...
To me it looks like your Granddad was a English coinage/history fan. If you can, I would say pass it along intact to a family member. It would be...
I agree completely sir, but in order to profit from it you must be aware of it. That what I was trying to get across in my post, and when you...
Some European coins from 200 years were pretty plain, I would switch out our current designs for what we had in 1811 any day of the week. Bettter...
The other, sometimes bigger, variable is human sentiment. It would be wonderful if charts would help in any bigger global moves, but I believe...
Very interesting, thank you. I would say no one would kick you in the shins if you considered modern 1 ounce bullion coins as modern "crowns"....
Great explanation. I am used to metal fabrication, but I bet most here were not aware of the temp of coins coming off the press. I have seen...
Like Collector1966, my impression was that a crown was the largest circulating silver coin of a country, with weights usually between one half and...
I was actually rereading Historia Numorum last night and it was talking about gold/silver ratios. In Babylon it was 13.3/1, and this drove the...
You could take them to a coin show and have dealers check them out for you and make you an offer. Take them to a dealer who specializes in world...
I don't disagree, especially the dead president part, its just looking at some of the Greek coins that are trying to be reproducing ancient coins...
WHat do you have to lose by hoarding them if you can find at face value? The miniscule interest you earn nowadays? I would buy them at face all...
I like modern Greek, I just wish they would stop trying to reproduce ancient designs. I mean I love their new designs, its just depressing when...
Nice coin. I am not an expert but have bought and opened original rolls of buffs and I see the same matte luster you describe. I always wondered...
Plus, I would not ignore seignorage. This is the profit made by striking base metal coins, and was a large part of imperial revenue many times....
The second one is an extremely attractive coin in my view though. Nice. that is the kind of stuff the US should strive for, at least the reverse.
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