Quick aside, but you are absolutely right. I have spent so long admiring toned ancient copper that new copper, bronze, or brass looks absolutely...
Very nice. Sounds like you could be a prospective ancient collector. :) I started out in US colelcting the same way, but since our history is...
Good post Guy, but if one has no education, what are you sharing? "Gee, I like old coins, I think this 1944 cent is kinda cool" or "This 1944...
Yeah, the racketeer nickels sure got headlines. I have never personally seen one I would believe is genuine to the time. They may have made a few...
I had not heard of that volume, we could talk about it. I used to be controller of a paper distributor, and took some "paper college" classes....
Most of the soft spots I have seen personally, (I look for them now), have been on gold. I have seen pictures of the same softness on base metal...
Fantastic coins all. I own one of these "accidentally", obtaining one in a lot. I hadn't gotten around to reading more about it yet. Mine looks...
But my point sir was its not uniformly out of date pricing. I bet you could go back to a 1980 red book and the price of common, non silver coins...
This is a dangerous supposition I believe. Since the Fed was created it has paid sizable dividends to the US government. Why else would we allow...
You are right actually. Many times I spend more money each month on references than coins. Historically, good books on coins have appreciated more...
Agreed. Axumite coinage comes on the market in spurts, with maybe 10 coins a year entering the market. Nice pickup Mat. That coin has more...
My library is about 650 volumes on ancient coins, about 400 on ancient history. World coins is about 150 volumes, with my US coin references...
I view it as a little more complicated than that. My default view on price guides is the common stuff will be way overvalued, sometimes 100%. The...
Heck of an answer. You have to remember a "coin dealer" is not a universal description. You have many who simply, like Lindedad states, make their...
I will work on getting photos for you Doug. He even had double struck obverse and reverse coins, the reverse being the most common. The hammer...
True, some Celtic, Himyarite, and Sogdian coins are found scyphate. At least these are the three other cultures I personally own scyphate coins...
I know we disagree some on this subject Doug, but I would also point out that the extreme thinness of the flan also could lead to the doubling....
Collecting coins for 30+ years, US coins for the first 20 years, and I just now created a US mint account. My kid better appreciate this. :)
Well if they are body bagging that half, then good luck finding many they will slab. While I agree it was dipped, so were the vast majority of...
Yes, always. Same with the first time dipping a coin. Anytime you want to play doctor on a coin do it on circulation coinage first, since I...
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