Great point. I have heard many coin clubs have a local dealer host the clubs library. It works out for the dealer having additional traffic, and...
Like most others, my local libraries used to contain virtually nothing. However, don't forget inter-library loan. You can access many large...
Merovinginian coins are fairly scarce. I don't own one, but then again haven't really tried. I just got Medieval Coins Vol 1 covering these if you...
Agreed. But, since most older US coins have been cleaned, I wouldn't care if I was in the market for one. How you would tell is by loss of...
When prices rise, all coins except for rare ones become bullion. When the bottom drops out, "better" coins such as walking liberty halves, AG...
But its 20 times higher than 3 decades and a couple of years ago. :) Be careful on your timeframes.
Could be Cloud. I know the market was operating well in 1980, its just the run up was not caused by any demand spike or supply shock, it was...
I don't think most. The price today is about inflation adjusted for history. It was just abnormally low in the 90's.
I agree, you won't have the Hunt's making the same mistake I am sure. To the OP, you would see most coins hitting the melt bags except for sure...
I am really not sure about all time highs for a while Cloud. Remember the all time high was reached via some rich people trying to corner the...
It is Parthian and Sassanian. They have extensive amounts of items silver or gold plated, its also where they found a surviving battery and plans...
Great idea about kids. The other demand for dateless buffalo's is in jewelry. I hate seeing dated ones ever put into that junk, but dateless ones,...
I would have to say 58 since you really should use a glass to ensure a MS coin is MS and not a slider.
Well, they did that when silver was much lower than it is now. Also, since they succeeded they created a little extra demand specifically for...
I would say it is always collectible until unrecognizable. I would say the OP's coin will always be in demand for type sets. Not everyone has...
Nope. I will say with 99.9% certainty that your loan is owned by someone else unless they made a major error in the origination. Just because...
I love old time collection coins. One of my favorite areas to buy, they are just fun going through.
Its called a bandsaw or simply hammer and chisel. Works quite well for any coin I want but unfortunately is encased in cheap plastic. :)
Gresham's law didn't apply? I thought Gresham's law was bad money drove out good. This would explain removal of any good coins when bad coins are...
Just as an aside, ancients did electroplate extensively. There are literally hundreds of items surviving electroplated. I agree with the rest of...
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