While I agree Mitchiner is a little disorganized, I still like his series. I believe these are in his newer Ancient Trade and Early Coinage as...
I have always felt the same as you about the s vdb. I always thought it was a little artificially inflated. I like the 22 plain, though I consider...
My only disagreement with Cloud would be that these aren't discarded today, they are made to be collected. I just have never liked items that are...
This is not a new concept btw. Large bronze and brass coins in ancient Rome were revalued. Many times the original coin was simply a flat disc by...
True enough, but all assets are inflation hedges. It will depend how how much cash I need to put into it up front and what cash I have available...
Get a hold of many Chinese coins from all eras. Start to handle them, inspect the edges, look at the style a calligraphy, just get a complete...
The problem is one is provable and one is not. A mintmark or error variety is provable. Most of the time 100 out of 100 people agree, so therefor...
Well I was close :) Mitchiner ACW has a pretty good section on these. I am not sure what other attribution guides they are for them. I have a...
It is very easy to get turned around on Chinese coins, I do it all the time. One thing I notice is that the more you handle them, are around...
Thanks for the posts GDJMSP. The price differences that can be among the same grade, let alone price differences between grades that many, (even...
Fret, I was one who posted early on that I didn't think it was a counterfeit. I don't think any of us were trying to do anything more than play...
I am with you Cloud. I invested in stocks 2 years ago at the low, and personally love more negative talk. Even housing, I am considering buying...
I read an article about them that the US would consider them illegal if anyone had one. There have been slight rumors about someone owning one,...
Third looks like Maryan ancient india silver punched coin. They are about the same age as your Macedonian coin. I do not have my Mitchiner out...
Or, heaven forbid, do not pay outrageous sums for tiny little grade differences. I never understood why someone would want 1 MS65 dollar instead...
Unconventional is fine, and I did appreciate a chance to clarify my thoughts better. Remember, every conventional thought today was unconventional...
Ok, good to know.
Thanks for the heads up. I am sure there will be more. If anyone likes to collect ancient chinese, I use:...
What reference are you guys using with your ancient Japanese? I have a lot of them, (no markings on reverse), that look to me like Edo but I am...
Or even put pictures together and post it in open forum here. You could say best offer posted on the thread in the next 5 days or something....
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