You bet they are, look at the AV 5 Guineas William III/ Mary in MS-62 =UK grade EF realized $312K!
Thanks Al:happy: I will have to take better photo of my NFA Honorius Solidus/ it looks much better then photo I took. The Val. III (Kunker) is...
Very true! Gold is a very soft metal, wears easily. Here is a Spanish (Chile Colonial) 8 Escudos in MS-64 and a perfect FDC (3 known) AV Aureus...
Hi Gary: Thanks! Its PF-65
Anhalt AV 20 Marks 1904-A Berlin Mint Friedrich II Herzog Von Anhalt PF-65[ATTACH]
That must have taken you sometime to post. I learned much from your excellent historical perspective of that event. Here are some of my coins to...
Coins are the most recycled commodity on this planet. Even that FDC aureus probably was made from melted down older aurei/ or Celtic AV Staters/...
I have never been dinged HST yet on US coin shipments:rolleyes:
Eastern Roman Empire First Emperor Arcadius 383-423AD After Theodosius I died, his two sons became joint Emperors. Honorius ruled the Western...
That is why I just go to auction houses in US/ Europe/ Japan there are no taxes. But, we still get dinged with horrible 30+% exchange rate, and...
Got this from Stacks Auction last nite/ I scored 3 Italian Renaissance coins in 2 minutes/ no competition:) AV Scudo d'oro del Sole ND Bologna...
Here is a real Vatican coin won last nite Stack Auction. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I would rather use the 1 million UK pounds to buy way nicer coins.....like this one AV 20 Dukaten 1741 Basel Sold for 1.3 m Swfrcs[ATTACH]
I posted these on World section/ but since they are Renaissance coins they belong here too. AV Scudo d'oro ND struck 1521-41 Genoa Mint MS-64...
I just get all my coins from foreign Auction houses:)
I would say Europeans/ Americans/ Canadians area living a"green lifestyle". Problem lies with polluters like India/ China/ Russia most Third...
I hate to be a party pooper, but mostly all coins have been recycled. I would are say most coins in collections have been struck from metal which...
I agree 100 percent! Ancients, well all coins really are works of art to be admired, not abused/ handled improperly.
Yes, I saw the action as an "internet" bidder. That WilliamIII/Mary AV 5 Guineas went for $312K! I could kick myself, I had opportunity to have...
I have lots of recycled coins... Here is one from Louis XIV AV Louis d'or 1691-I struck over a older version.....[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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