It's a confused (post-2000 BC) rendition of the means that was actually used to build the great pyramids of Egypt (et al). It's called a "henu...
His name escapes me right now but many years ago there was a dealer who did some business in the moderns. He taught me a great deal and...
Most people would be surprised to know how tough the moderns are. Things like 1971 francs only seem common because no one puts them into...
Speaking of experience I can tell you something else that will make this subject seem even more incomprehensible to people who get hung up on...
I believe true homo sapiens became extinct 4000 years ago and we are homo omnisciencis. Most people think they know everything and even some...
Me too! Except I'd point out that in these early days there were very few NCLT coins and these weren't thought of like this. Remarkable...
Think of "uncirculated" as grade rather than a condition. A coin as struck normally has a nice even shiny luster all over it. Coins wear from...
I was just thinking. There's another way to tell these markets are about to move. Look at the '82 and '83 quarters in change. A few years ago...
Uncirculated just means that a coin has unbroken luster. Even the highest points of the design at Washington's ear are still shiny. AU means...
Actually these really aren't too bad. The dates have a premium in AU and sometimes even in XF. The one '83-D looks pretty nice; mid grade-AU with...
I've seen some huge collections and have toured the Silvertowne site in Winchester, Indiana. I once saw an original hoard of nearly 1000 1970...
Yes. This has happened many times before. Not as much with US coins as with world coins. But you can see it with coins like the 1883 "no cents"...
I watched these markets for a very long time and I just don't believe there are modern collections out there other than those assembled...
Certainly. Yes. The thing that has always surprised me is that even the scarcer moderns have never had the kind of demand to drive up the...
It's been a great time has it not? We've seen the coin hobby and numismatics move into the information age and all the tremendous transitions...
I'm surprised nobody asked why I thought moderns have finally started their move! It would have already happened except the 2008 recession...
In case anyone is interested, it won't be obvious it has started for a few weeks and won't hit the numismatic press until Christmas time. When...
I believe it may be starting right now; today. I've never said this before but perhaps I'll say it many times in the future. People just...
I save these stamps when the cancel date is visible on the stamp. I call them anachronistic cancels and wonder if someday they'll have value as such.
A lot of coin dealers, especially mail order, send out a great deal of mail. There are still collectors who buy, sell, and trade by mail and...
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