I believe there are 54 known, (that number simply comes to mind). Not rare for an ancient, but of course the subject matter makes it one of the...
One aspect that may be driving these Magna Grecia coins up is its now illegal to import them into the US. Nice coin, not $775 nice to me, but a...
Rarity. IDK why, but simple absolute scarcity always attracts me. That is why most of my attention has not been Roman or Greek, but esoteric...
Actually the branch point was a very good point. I forgot. In some states the banks are allowed to treat each branch as a separate bank in effect,...
You will find this is exactly how small investors always react. They have the attention span of weeks when the money they are investing needs to...
Ty for the link. I agree there are, especially late, some various qualities of workmanship. LD coin is weird. Every time I access this page,...
Demand note=promissory note=check. I think he thoguht you were talking about writing a check on your bank and trying to cash at another one.
I respect your opinion sir, having followed toning posts back when Lehigh was here also. I also respect your reasoning on this coin. My "problem"...
Best advice is to collect coins, buy the best examples you can afford, try to narrow your collection and become an expert in your area of...
If they are raised then Conder is right they are not dropped letters. A dropped letter would be concave. I still say I know I have seen lots of...
I think the toning of that coin makes it more ominous to you, as well as maybe your connotations of the swastika. Even accounting for that, yes to...
We mostly agree sir. I agree the bank can charge a fee, I simply do not agree that fee can be charged to the person collecting. I f a fee is due,...
Yes sir, I agree with your logic how the bank sees it. My problem, is, that they are forgetting the entire premise of checking. It legally is...
I agree something is going on. When I saw it, in 4 seconds I thought Claudius Gothicus, Egyptian, barbaric. The portrait is extremely crude, and...
Interesting. I didn't read the source of them not being legal tender though. If the US government authorized their striking, and accepted them as...
I agree with the fees, I had the same situation with Norwest which I worked for. Regarding the fee to cash a check though, this flies in the...
Yes, the reason they started on cents and half cents was the bond issue. Yet, the cents and half cents were legal money, and were copper. I...
Very true. Sounds like a return of the bad old days where for insiders the mint would make almost anything, like 1804 silver dollars minted 54...
I say NT, looks like original toning to me. Actually it looks very much like "dipping candidates" back in the day. Sorry, but the toning...
I had my Mom order one from the JCPenney catalog in the early 1970's. Sounds very similar. To this day I keep my best US coins in a little black...
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