Looks like using a square punch to hang from necklace. Think about it, a mercury dime would be a very pretty pendant for a little girl or young...
Everyone has different reasons and different circumstances in life. If they made $500 and $1000 still I would always carry one or two on me, and...
Same here, missed the live operator but remember the rotary phone. It was a big deal to get the push buttons.
...and I am sure no one at the IRS ever has access to these records. Whatever happened to making bills in denominations people would use instead...
I am just sad most Americans have no idea we used to make such bills. Like a frog in a pot, they simply take away liberties one by one in the name...
To be fair, talking of stocks or crypto is not the same conversation about coins. One is a way to speculate and make money, the other a passionate...
I get the same. Everyone asks me how I know they are real, then kind of roll their eyes like I am an idiot when I explain. :(
The thing is, most of us here never collected when younger. I collected while young, took a little break for cars/girls, then came back. most...
But how do you know they are cleaning them? Maybe I am missing something. TONS of world coins were cleaned over the years. How do we know these...
Yeah, they stopped teaching ancient history a long time ago. They have less interest or ties to it. They always taught it poorly, but at least I...
I would concentrate on the monogram and look for similar coins between 390-550 if it were me.
You dang right. I might not have a clue what I own, but by gosh they are all important to me! :)
Beautiful portraiture. Greek coins, especially from Sicily, have to be said to be the most beautiful of all coins. However, I have to give best...
OP, I think the box of 20 idea comes from that is how many slabs fit into a standard PCGS or NGC box. The idea is your whole collection fits in...
I agree. Early Roman and some greek areas, (especially classically greek), are our main areas we know what the coins were called. Coins are...
I believe it was answered that Octodrachm in relation to the gold piece is really a lazy misnomer by some numismatists. It was called a Mnaieion...
Yeah, I never heard why they are not considered tetrastaters or something. The Ptolemaic empire was Greek, so you would think their gold coins...
OP, I do believe our very own supermoderator here @GDJMSP wrote a book on these actually. I would start with Doug if I ever wanted to know about...
Knowing this changes my mind a little. Seems like they bought it as the lower gold coin. So, they are not really out anything since they must have...
Storefront shops are mainly for buying nowadays. Gives non-coin collectors security they are selling grandpas coins to a legitimate business...
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