Agreed. I think these could be some very nice, interesting coins. I think they would be a hit with collectors since many of us are getting...
Could one of the best ones get stickied? I think that would help a lot. Many readers never search on something like that, it would be great to...
But without a TPG slab of "perfect" its harder for the shysters to charge a huge price. That is what I was referring to. They market these as...
Coinsnake, I understand your concerns this thread has taken. I think it gets down to the fact may people cannot see the difference easily between...
I wasn't trying to say anything about people who simply wish to have 70 graded coins. My point is the non collectors who so many of these are...
Hammer at an auction does not matter, the dealer made a good buy. If not 2325 from you, he would have got it from someone else. Gorgeous coin,...
Don't forget to check out the college library though. I am serious, many have some excellent collections of numismatic books for research. If...
What would be the difference between uncirculated and bullion? A matte finish?
If you look at Roman coins, there are many coins with the Augusta on them. You could maybe get her intereseted that way, let her read about the...
My crystal ball is broken this week, but my idiot guess would be if they sell out to see them fall in value in the future. I would be interested...
Yeah, I agree Kryponitecomic. Like I have said before, I liked toned coins years ago before they were cool, but its really sad now that many...
Yeah, but Byzantines are usually covered as a series, lasting 491-1453. So that makes it hard to arbitrarily split it into two eras. It is already...
....or do you mean upper torso? I would hate to think my fat belly would appear on a bust of me!
Thats why there are markets and people buy and sell everyday. I thought the move from $300 to $1200 was the once a generation increase. :)
A lot, (of course not all), ancient collectors cut off at 1453 if they even collect Byzantine. It is a weird cutoff, not collecting 10th century...
The Jackie Robinson coin was high too, and its up there now, right?
Warren Buffett is famous for amassing huge stockpiles of cash. He does so when there just isn't anything attractively priced. He frequently gets...
So the mint takes back 1.1% of the coins it issues out every year as returns, huh? Not bad, I thought it would be a touch lower. This is excluding...
I am somewhat curious to see when the fatique will set in. I am kind of scanning around at mintages of all of the current stuff and see if...
Any large Chinese silver I believe in todays marketplace should be authenticated if you want to sell them. I for one would not buy anything like...
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