Ancients are pretty hot, especially higher grade Greek and Magna Grecia. Ancients have been going up considerably for a few years now.
So......what did your "expert" say Irisheyes? I never heard you comment on what your "real expert", (implying all of us here on CT are noobies),...
They cast copied a poor quality coin? The cast copy process was just really poor? I have seen a lot of cheap copies with very poor quality...
So they lowered the margin requirements of silver? Gee, why weren't there 50 threads started about that and how they are killing the silver...
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Someone bored defacing coins most likely. One cent has NEVER had enough purchasing power for use in those establishments. Not even the first...
I will take a look at it tonight. Btw, the coin maker I have talked about here before, (the reenactor), has joined my ancient coin club. I...
Sell it on Ebay for 3 times the price as a rare toned 98 silver half. I bet not many people have those. ;)
You may not think they are attractive, that is your right. However, you have to admit the technical design on a barber coin is about perfect....
To be fair, this coin of Cleopatra was done about 18 years after she "seduced" Julius Caesar. Besides, in antiquity she was never described as...
Fair enough sir. But, even as a 'modern fellow', don't you agree that the mint products could be so much better if they abandoned the computer...
While I understand gold and large and half cents of the mid 19th century were pretty bad, I would nominate every "original" design of the US mint...
Overton number. Overton wrote the book literally on these, and there are many varieties of each date. He was giving you the specific reference...
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Not really. Silver is demonstrably more volatile than gold. Look at the price history. If I had to buy a metal at these prices, I would buy...
I would simply point out computers aren't doing any of these things, they are simply repeating instructions very smart humans have instructed them...
I would add one thing. Go buy some fresh silver rounds and throw in there unprotected. If you see them starting to tone you know there is an issue...
:) We always find something to argue about don't we? What would an internet forum BE without a disagreement?
Good idea sir. My rule of thumb, (obtained after years of unfortunate purchases), is that if I do not love a coin the moment I see it, I do not...
Very good post sir. It gets back to my point that it depends. I know everyone wants a deal and wants to pay wholesale. The nasty little secret is...
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