So this is the original Peter? CT 15th century style!
Yeah, I believe there are like 22 known. At one time Harlan Berk, (and Bank Leu whom he bought them from), owned all but one of them. Before about...
I agree with the other two posters. Both most likely fakes, and most likely not gold either.
http://home.comcast.net/~wdaehn/TCACC/OtherDocs/AnonByzBronze.pdf Here is a link to a paper I wrote on Anonymous Bronzes for my coin club if...
I would agree. Tiny gold coins or bars are not great investments. You simply have way too high of a premium. If I wished to own fractional gold, I...
I like Type sets for US collecting since it free you of the terror of date/mm collecting. Plus its just more interesting. At least new addition...
That is a good price for rounds. Thanks for the link.
Yeah, I wish it was in free fall. I was enviously looking at a monster box at a dealer's table Sunday. I wish it would drop about $5 an ounce.
Why don't you post the entirety of this quote like someone did in the other thread? The entirety changes this quote, though you already know that,...
So you are saying simply "gold" is not a monetary standard without verification of purity. I saying from the instance of such governmental...
Tell you what Peace. If you had something worth $500 for sale and someone offered you a troy ounce of metal that contained gold would you accept?...
So your answer, as a newbie here, is to insult my historically accurate post and me personally? What are you nine? Your immediate response to a...
Used as a currency for thousands of years? No, that is not true. It's been used as a basis for barter, but currency has to have stated value,...
And you have not quoted one pm based one. A Roman denari was worth more than its silver value, and when the Romans fell so did their coinage...
I know man. I debated on whether to join this thread, it just started sounding very 2011'y. :)
:) you know I am not trying to rub anything in Ken. All assets have their place. In fact, I am buying gold right now for something to do. I would...
Yeah, poor me who bought farmland 20 years ago, and stocks in 2009. I sure was dumb to not buy silver instead. Excusee while I go to the bank to...
Name one monetary system backed by pm that survived. Remember, almost every coinage system had a higher value on the coin than the pm was worth....
Bingo. Its a PART of a diversified portfolio. As for the "manipulation" stuff, most of that "information" you will find is truly garbage if you...
How the heck do you get that rubbish in your head? So NOTHING in the world affect pm prices other than US monetary policy? Not jewelry demand in...
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