This is above my pay grade. Celtic in generalities I may know little enough to discuss, but if specifically to UK Celtic I will punt in favor of...
True sir. I just bought a group of 9 Byzantines and by definition "overpaid" since I won the auction. However, in it was a Class F anonymous...
Cool. Do you have a host of your lightbox?
I agree, Jim's advice is good. These people are professional hagglers, you will not out haggle them. Once you start haggling they think its a...
I still say wait a bit. THe PO gets swamped around xmas, people are on vacation, its hard to get trucks, etc etc. I have had packages take a...
This is what it is about. While I do lots of things trying to encourage YN's, the fact the hobby is predominantly older is in the nature of...
I have experienced what you are talking about OP. You are nice to be concerned about them. What I did was brought coins I have recently bought...
Cool coin Mat. You really are putting together a cool Empress collection. Like I have said before, they are very underappreciated versus their...
Sure looks like doubling to me, but I think you need someone who knows what the value of such would be to decide if its worth sending in again to...
Dear Jacksradio, as a fellow Desert shield/storm vet, I understand your feelings. However, I know from going to the bazaars in Hafir al batin,...
Good thoughts sir. My only two changes would be I would think they are flat due to a lot of activity happening in bullion. When bullion changes...
Echo, I hate to say this, but to really get maximum value for this coin it will probably have to be slabbed as authentic. Too many issues with...
Bender, I agree with most of the posts. Btw, $1400 I believe is too much for a 70 set even if that is what you wanted. I am biased since I have...
Double ditto! Great to have you back Rick, its great to hear some good news for a change. :) Chris
Lol, yeah, cannot fault the photos much in S&K since in many instances better coins aren't available. I do find it much more than a catalog,...
Many great responses on this thread. I have always said "the good old days" are always today, since unless you invent a time machine you cannot do...
Well the Christians got it from the Jewish people. Ba'al Zabul was the patron god of people living on the coast. Remember the Jews were an inland...
Let's see, I might start with Frank Robinson's Confessions of a Numismatic Fanatic. I just sold a spare I had through Vcoins. Its a fairly scarce...
The imitation Athenian coins were made in Lebanon, Arabia, Egypt, and even as far as mesopotamia. Basically the whole what would be called the...
Yeah, I have had some bad history teachers too. Sad, because they beat any love of history out of me while I was in school, it was only after I...
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