Of course LD knows more about this, but I would guess that the storefront is very valuable to keep open. Most b&m shops in the US make a sizable...
Two thoughts: One, someone said they should give the customers the new price when prices go down. Problem is the mint does not have the profit...
Well I went there and Chumley was working at least. You saw a ton of people paying way too much for junk silver certificates and the like just to...
So you cannot cite a single example of when copper was more valuable than gold like you claimed then? You are pretty good at changing the topic of...
I would vote for lady liberty as well. If the person had to be living, I would say we celebrate our great scientists, authors, poets, etc. I am...
Well you still did not answer when, as you claimed, when copper was more valuable than gold. Just asking for a single example. As to the US it...
Or some sweet, sweet hard green ancient patina. Probably the most gorgeous toning known to mankind.
Not sure I follow. You say I don't understand the difference between copper being used to make currency and gold being currency, and yet you say...
I never got into the dimes much, just a few type, but I think the dimes and half dimes of this series are pretty undervalued. Look at the rarity...
$5 that it was set up months in advance, and she had no intention of selling. It was simply "made for tv, reenacted reality". Anyone ever seen...
Its identical to other drachsm in size, thinness, and weight, but no one knows the denomination. It would be weird for them to put gold in and...
[ATTACH] I know its a horrible pic, but on the throat there is a gold plug in this silver Hepthalite coin. Its more goldish in hand on the...
I would dare say copper, (bronze), has been used as money longer than gold. There are examples of archaic money, or proto money, in the shape of...
Or it could be people are using gold as a money launder. The seedy side of PM is there have been many, many instances of people converting illegal...
Good post sir. I guess I was referring to ancient depictions of Mercury. You are correct there are many modern ones, but as far as I remember...
Yes, good to hear about good customer service today. It is also good of you to post about it as a follow up. I dislike when someone just complains...
Yes sir, but its just like gas stations. They like to make cash on the way up and down. I am not trying to besmirch dealers, I know they have...
Yes, with "mercury head" being the incorrect term, just like penny is the wrong term for a cent.
Winged head Liberty is the correct term. As the messenger of the gods, Mercury had wings on his feet, never on his head. People who did not know...
Cleaning and damage from circulation are similar in many ways. Simply look at a circulated coin and see how the pinwheel effect is now gone, and...
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