Junk silver was sold to dealers for 2.6 times face, and you could buy for 3.2 times face. I know because I used to split the difference with a guy...
Just make sure its money and not turkeys, "Oh my God they're turkeys! They are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement!" Edit: Btw for you...
Well sir you might be a bit biased towards ancients. You are right, I would be hard pressed between this coin and an Eide Mar, or an Octodrachm....
I do the same with stocks. Don't worry if this is a long term position. You study the asset, and if you wish to own it at this price a price drop...
Yeah, asking about the security is about as red a flag as you can ask. You are lucky he replied to you at all. It will depend on the show. A small...
I don't either. Like I said, for decades since the start of collecting in the US this was "THE COIN" and anyone owning one had bragging rights as...
Mine would be from a group of Byzantine scyphates I bought. I bought them for $40 for 45 coins, (many were cruddy but I saw a few decent ones in...
I would doubt it, but its possible. These were the original "1804 dollars" or 1933 double eagles. For most of US coin collecting history these...
Very nice. Its cool to get involved in a subset and see coins like this, that you can discover how unusual it is. I bet you 100 roman coin...
Myself I use non-pvc plastic flips, and store them in either pages or boxes. Boxes for the coins I am more archiving than actively collecting, and...
Really? That is interesting. I used to assign an old 1930's article entitled, "Where are your clients yachts?". It basically dealt with the...
Me too. Man, Jim takes all of the good lines, eh?
Looks like California gold. I believe its a token produced afterwards.
Really cool Doug. I have seen these periodically, but hadn't gotten one yet. I have quite a few Bulgarian copies of Byzantine scyphates, but that...
Thanks Randy, that was the reverse I was seeing. There are many variations of the obverse, the most common being Philip/Zeus male head. These were...
If you put a gun to my head, I would guess a Macedonian bronze, with zeus pictured in pic 2, and the other two pics of the reverse with bow and...
If you wish to be a bullion/US coin dealer, then I would highly recommend your planned path. Ancients do not normally walk through the front door...
Exactly. Not much replaces experience and knowledge, actually come to think of it nothing replaces knowledge. Knowledge is a dealer and a...
Exactly Kasia. I have been saying this a long time, the coin market you and I know is somewhat at the "wholesale" level. We are informed buyers...
All I can say is education. Same as with telling a fake US coin, a fake Mexican 8 Pesos, and the like. Its a matter of handling hundred or...
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