Btw AN, i would have thought you would have picked a byzantine ruler who had an effect on central asia, like MT. :)
Others have given you good answers. Heck i have a chinese coin from the same era worth maybe $5. OTOH a 1901 S quarter can be worth $10,000, and a...
Scarce dang coin for your first byzantine. Silver is the rarest metal for byzantines. Nice coin, i have hundreds of byzantines, including gold,...
Good choice. Early byzantine is very popular, large coins, interesting denominations, and its actually possible to find well struck coins!
I don't disagree, especially about Cyprus traditionally being a gold buyer, (like Turkey), and this event is more important potentially as a...
I think Doug is trying to guilt me into selling my coins. :( Just kidding. It is a very good point. Someday if I had an onsite safe maybe I...
I never SAID I agreed with the OP Juan that this would have a quick effect on PM prices. I was just playing devil's advocate and saying it would...
Unless it lost weight due to salt water activity, usually they were pretty tight tolerances. These cobs were mainly used as an accounting device...
...and buy how most collectors buy. :) Myself included. I buy what I love, not what I have cognitively determined will have the best ROI.
But are fairly accurate as to what is junk and what has some numismatic premium. Anything the red book says is worth less than 20% over junk is...
Are YOU assuming people keep piles of cash laying around the house? How many ounces of gold could you buy from cash on you? I might be able to...
Op, what I always did was if I was looking at a coin series, calculate, (from the back of the book, coinflation, math, IDC how), today's melt...
Just playing a PM advocate, isn't it kinda hard for there to be a run on gold in southern Cyprus if the banks are still closed?
Yup. Every dealer specializes and provides a level of customer support. Want the cheapest? May not come with any return privileges. This is...
Used to be. :( I am getting better. Most of the ancients are in a box of some sort, (well except the uncleaned coins, they are in a huge pile). My...
That is a steal for those two if they are in nice condition. Let me know if you don't buy them and I will out of general principle. I sold an...
My ancients are lucky if they find a box with the same culture as they. :) Jars are REALLY not a bad solution if you know they aren't going to...
Here is an ABEBooks link to Volume 5: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1317327764&searchurl=bsi%3D30%26kn%3Ddumbarton%2Bcoins...
No, the 5 volume Catalog of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection. Its the definitive reference to all Byzantine coins, save for some...
Maybe the pointers. Not kidding, I know a dealer who uses a dried rose thorn.
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