Beautifull coins, thanks for posting them.
I remember that sale well, I lost out on every coin that I had interest in..... Sometimes you have more success in obscure auctions, I won this...
There are a lot of Colombian drug cartel multi-millionaires who collect rare coins/ same for Mexico.;)
Coins are manufactured as "Proofs" from Mint. However, proof made coins are graded from 1-70 later. Depending on how they where handled after...
Its pretty easy/ PROOFS are special coins struck off polished dies/ and where designated as "Proofs" Prooflike is a coin sruck from fresh dies, so...
Beautifull Wilhelm "LongSword" Bracteate! I think you did not want to mess with him. I have some "Leos" too. Dead and alive.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Here is one where the reverse is really good....[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Like this Austrian-Hungarian Empire AV 4 Dukaten 1848-A These where struck from polished dies/ mine has perfect PL sheen.[ATTACH]
I agree with you, it will hurt e-bay. When you buy a $1000 coin on V-Coin site=no added taxes/ that saves me $130 on that coin. Now for a person...
Patience is a virtue. I have 5 coins sitting with Naumann Auctions since the last Summer. They advised best to wait/ till mail service is more...
I know when I first got into "Ancients" thru NFA Auctions, prices back then seemed high too, when compared with inflation. Their "Mint state" and...
I would agree not to buy anything from the PR China/ esp. coins (fakes) But why penalize Europe/ most of the best auctions are in Europe/ UK. The...
I really would doubt if any auction house would want bad PR. They are in business to attract consignees/ and bidders. In order to be popular, they...
Isabella had the misfortune of being forced to marry the fool=Edward II. Story well told in Mel Gibson movie, "Braveheart".[ATTACH]
I have gotten many coins from Jesus Vico in past. Always took a while for export permits. But coins always arrived safe. I won a 3200 euros coin...
President Sukarno/ Indonesia[ATTACH]
I have gold coin from his son.....Baby Doc Duvalier:)
Wow! Thanks, I learned a lot today. Really amazing that there are so many die combos..... John
Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot aimed to turn Cambodia into an agarian "Stone Age" society. He also wanted to abolish money. in the next two years his...
Could n't resist Arabian Tahr Oman 75 Rials 1975 (same size/ weight as US Double Eagle) Part of my conservation animal 24 Country Series/24AV 48...
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