Winners Announced !! Well we had a total of 18 entries, and with 6 prizes that makes for pretty good odds. The winners are as follows - 5th...
A demi franc is a 1/2 franc.
That II behind th ehead is supposed to indicate that the coin is a 2 pence. But Elizabeth I did not issue any 2 pence. That type of design was not...
You are reading things into my comments that are not there. First of all, I am not saying that it was an original Treasury bag. I am saying it was...
The thing about trading with a dealer is that the dealer works both sides of the trade. With an outright sale he can only work 1 side. What I...
Ya think ? I have always said that 10% over spot is average. Key word average ;)
Yes that is a demi franc pictured, and a quite scarce one at that. It is the lowest mintage of the series. The A mint is the largest mintage of...
Toad your's is an ex-jewelry piece. Johnny's - the crown bothers me so it may be a fake, to be honest I don't know.
To be honest I don't know what to make of it. But then I'm not an error guy.
There is 1. And as it says - it is "on loan" from the owner.
You should be able to find something - HERE
They only did it for a short time and it was some years ago.
It is insane. Especially when see that you can still buy the precious metals for much, much less. Blanchard - is selling for about 8% over...
Not really, it used to be quite common to find $1000 bags of Morgans with mixed dates and mints. Given the appearance of the coins, I think that...
What I mean is that those 2 coins were likely taken from the same bag of 1000 coins. Both coins have nearly identical toning, both coins show...
Bullion dealers elsewhere, in Europe for example, are still selling at less than 10% over current spot. And yes I mean physical bullion - ASE or...
As I said, he was being facetious.
That's exactly what it means. It hasn't been very long since platinum was well north of $1000/oz. [IMG]
He is being facetious.
The edges are pinched.
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