Age old questions sir. All of them are very personal, depending on the collector. Myself, I mainly gravitated towards Type collecting versus...
"Unlike every other pension plan in the US"? That simply is not true. All private pensions need to be "fully funded" actuarially, which is what is...
Most demographers say Gen X was born between 1965 and 1984, with Millennials starting in 1985. So I would say you are the oldest of the millennial...
Very interesting. I "kinda" collect Melqart, (like a lot of things). I have a couple of the Tyrian pieces, but didn't know they minted them in...
Being a Gen X'er, I am used to being an oddball. I am between most of the ages stated here, having just turned 47.
Chris answered it, but I think you wanted us to guess the year. I would guess a 1911 (Philadelphia) nickel.
No problem. Maybe these old eyes just saw the size difference as smaller than you did.
Considering I have checked coins placed in such devices over the years, and have found many to be slightly larger than mint issues, yes, I am...
The alternative looks horrible. I have some Russian ballerina gold struck I believe in 1990. Its like half gold, half copper. Sure, it gives you a...
Some of those encased cents were put in the outer ring and then softly struck to merge the cent to the ring. Maybe the strike was soft enough to...
That US figure is vastly higy. To get there, they include people putting in quarters into state quarter books. Most of them aren't really...
I paid about $7 per coin over melt sir for the 20 franc pieces.
AS for the OP's coins, I would say the earlier one he did well but the roosters are too much for my taste. I just bought a few roosters, angels,...
AN is right. Malaysia struck no ancient coins. The only ancient coins struck in all of SE Asia was those of Funan, the proto-civilization of SE...
I think we all are. It's a very lonely hobby otherwise. I am lucky I have an ancient coin club in my city. Between that and here I get to talk...
I simply explain they match examples published as being recovered in ancient sites. It's a repetitive question, but fair. Most simply do not know...
I was thinking the same. Or another idea would be 1930's buffalo nickels. Or, how about a 20th century Type set? I also thought Type sets were...
Most likely a mint employee illegally used a die that was never supposed to be used to make a "rarity" to sell to a nearby dealer. Supposedly only...
Just the Sellwood and Shore books? How about the SNP volume or the CNG sale of the Shore collection? :) Yeah, I have too many books.
I just bought a couple of world silver group lots. One is pre-1900, the other world crowns. I paid a little premium, maybe $15 ASW. I just like...
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