I would disagree somewhat from the writeup, (respectfully of course). I don't view Peroz as a weak leader. I view him as hungry for glory....
I just got to the thread but would never have got it. I admit about the only islamic type coins i know are arab-sassanid and arab-byzantine, and a...
I will give you a short version, (maybe not agree with Doug but my short version). Least offensive - Something changing the surface atoms of a...
I thought you wanted ancients though? By all accounts ancients end around 500-600ad with the possible exception of Byzantine coins. Ottomans are...
I bet you its tied to whatever made the market go up. My stocks were up nearly 3% today.
I would say get a mixed lot of late roman bronzes in nice shape. In a group lot you should be able to get them for around $10 for nicer ones. Take...
Btw, idk about recently, but I do know a large hoard of these must have been found about 6-7 years ago. I bought about 180 of them about 5 years...
Very nice coin Tom. Yes, its tough for a dealer to be a collector. I am sure you are wise enough to know this, just never mention it to your...
I am not a fan of olive oil personally. I use pure water, some scrubs, then a coating of RenWax. I find olive oil darkens copper coins, sometimes...
Like Doug says, it depends. Thing with a cleaned or messed with coin is you had better be prepared to wish to own this your whole life, since to...
I agree. I just don't understand the mint I guess, as a businessman. They have this complete freedom on certain coin series, and they simply...
I agree. Its POSSIBLE to get good groups, I would say most are like this. Even if you know what to look for, pounds of world coins are dicey. I...
Man, that was totally uncalled for. You know what? I will join Mike. The tone of this board is simply untenable. You guys have fun praising...
Why? It sells very well at this price in India and SE Asia today as 22k jewelry. Its pretty, and culturally appealing.
What does any of this have to do with the Fed? Why don't you open up a paper money book and see we had paper dollars WAY before the Fed. This is...
You talked about a mode of exchange. I pointed out other commodities that exchanged hands daily. Btw, how do they know how much monetary credit...
Btw, there are tons of reasons to want to invest in pm, you think its an easily stored commodity providing inflation protection, its undervalued,...
So its not "money" unless a central bank says it is? Just trying to understand how there was some holy scripture written somewhere that gold is...
Bales of cotton trade hands every day. Is that money? In many parts of the country, you pay off your supply debt by delivering bushels of corn, is...
I understand this is the basis of your opinions, just curious. How did you deduce a metal was money "long before it was a commodity"? We have...
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