I would go further and say that if educated buyers are not setting the price then prices paid are unsustainable. Market professionals in most...
Mine was a facing head Larissa AE. I was hooked as soon as I bought that coin, (for way too much it turns out, but I still own it). I think it was...
Nothing is boring unless you make it boring. To me, nothing is more boring than standardization and by extension mechanically stamped coins. It is...
http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/commodity Of course gold is a commodity. Is your gold any different than anyone elses? Simply because...
I just wanted to say I got my copy of ERIC II Friday, (number 040). Man what a massive book. He listed 1458 pages, but they are large, heavy paper...
Great clarification Doug, much better explained than I hamfistedly attempted.
I agree with the fact that Nabateans are not Greek. However, one has to be careful since in ancient coinage most coins are classified as either...
Try getting some yellow envelopes, (contains sulphur), moisten lightly, put a penny in it and put them in an oven at about 200 degrees. Pull out...
You don't Doug? Why is that? I just remember the late 70's/80's and what they did there. My thougth would be that the flush cash in the industry...
I agree with Cloud that the smelters aren't swamped this time, and back when silver was $50 they were paying about $40 intrinsic value. Of...
To be fair I think that people should guess what the market value was in 2005, or what is the point of all of this? To insult Doug? I know he is...
My local dealer yesterday was at 17x for small transactions, 18x for larger ones, and 19x for silver dollars. If I were to find fault it is that...
I never said PM prices do not discourage new collectors or that it does not harm coin collecting. I was talking about existing collectors and the...
Well, I find it interesting that hundreds of cultures all over the world with no interaction have all settled on a 16:1 ratio. Kind of hard to say...
Peace dollar is a great idea. Another would be a large cent or two cent piece. They are always conversation starters. Maybe even a half cent.
This is exactly what happens, and why higher PM prices increase numismatic prices. It happened in 1980. Then when PM's crashed numismatic prices...
What does that say about us who bought at $3.50 or less? I was going to sell half at $20 and was lazy. Any idea where to sell now, cause I sure...
Surging PM prices always increase numismatic prices. Dealers and collectors sell of PM and reinvest money buying that 16d dime or 1877 cent they...
Interesting, I just took the value of silver 50 years ago and compounded by 5%, (close to average inflation), and todays price should be about...
Exactly. I have posted before that there is a lot of "hot" money always in search of large movements in any asset class. It has been in oil, tech...
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