The British Museum is dating Menander from 155 to 130 BC.
As to what the water would do to the coins, I do not think good things. Its not pure water by any means, so I would be afraid they would tarnish....
Personally, I would view the first machine struck coin the delineation of medieval and modern coinage. For the delineation between ancient and...
Tough choices. My top 2 would be 3 and 4. 4 would easily be my preference if it had the other part of the reverse motto, I am assuming it is...
Aw MAN! There goes my corner the market plans just down the drain then.
Lol. Yeah, it can just go in circles, and has done so. We all agree PM is a good investment to an extent, and I hope we all agree we can still...
And where is your fantastical returns for the 20 years before that? That's the rub, ain't it? MAYBE PM will take off in the 2000's, but if you...
Its a tough coin, grats on getting one. A friend just bought one for $200 at NYINC and its not a great coin really. Its better than mine though,...
Is the large bronze with the elephant on the obverse like your coin #1, with a caduceus on the reverse Menander? I never can remember. Anyway,...
You have a pile of dirt, you spend some money, and voila, silver. Want more silver? Spend more money. The silver and gold are there for the...
In my position professionally, I use the CME to hedge commodities. Therefor, I simply have some hands on knowledge of similar markets, (something...
:) Within a certain pricing matrix, I assure you ALL PM is "reproducible". There is what, like 5 ounces per person on earth of gold just...
Sometimes you must if you are going to preserve the coin. Having such thick, heavy toning is not the best thing to have in place if there is...
Great link Paul, thanks. Most of these look fine of course. However, I would wager a nickel that if the coin at the top of page 2 were dipped, the...
I am not sure they know the exact mint location for these main coins. Taxila had their own series of bronzes under the Kushans, but they are...
Nice details, especially on the tamgha. For those who don't follow central asian coins, the tamgha was a terribly important symbol. It...
Well, considering I am probably one of those not getting a finger pointed to, I will respond. I love silver, always have, and have bought...
It gets to be a question of balance. If the emissions stay the same or lower, the surface reaction can stop. That is what happens in a lot of our...
Cabinets usually do not have as much moisture around to let it go that far, but it can happen. I have seen some from the SE that were bad, but I...
Heck no. I said I didn't love the article at all, (read post #10). I was simply responding to those attacking the credentials of the person who...
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