Let's do the Henrys. Oddly enough there are eight of them too. Henry I can to power when his brother William I, or Rufus, was killed in a...
We shall agree to disagree. I shall continue to "cheat." The last son of a usurper would have cost me $500. He was around long enough "to have a...
You have Edwards I, II and III right together. Edward #1 was over six feet tall and was known "longshanks." He was heavy in the Mel Gibson movie,...
My want list goes up to Constantine. I am close to completing it although some guys, like Gordian Africanaus I and II, cost a lot money and might...
I just got a note from Bob Russell, who chairs the exhibits, that the January Winter FUN show as been canceled. It's the first time in 66 years...
As a new ancient collector, I am still learning about what’s acceptable and what’s fatal. As a U.S. collector for 60+ years, I had a simple rule,...
To save a little money, I paid for the lots I won in an auction by check instead of credit card. After two weeks, I contacted the seller and found...
I have enough trouble compiling the want list of emperors I wish to buy. You guys sometimes add to it, but I do have my limits. It draw the line...
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I tend not to think about items that are uncollectable. It spoiled my joy when I collected half cents by die variety. I am a lot more interested...
My bad. I misinterpreted David Sears wording in his write-up. I have not taken an ancient history course since the 7th grade.
Yes, Fisk and Gould wanted to corner the gold market. They were paying Grant’s son in law to help them do it. I think that it was less Grant’s...
Just as in the past, the coin collectors are saying that gold price will come down, and buying old, worn coins with little or no numismatic value...
If I were a novice collector, I would be very concerned about counterfeit gold coins. That’s why I bought gold coins only from certain, often...
I buy in auctions and from dealers’s websites I know from when the shows were operating.
The $20.67 per ounce price pegged the melt value of a $20 gold piece at about $20. A double eagle weighed a little less than an ounce. Unlike the...
Many people think of the Roman Empire as a country to existed for hundreds of years during the period before and after the birth of Christ. In...
Supposedly the Grant administration got paper and gold at par at the end of his second term in 1877. He bragged about that in his best-selling...
If you bought all of the stuff the mint offers, you wouldn't have any money left for anything else. It might be me, but I think you can get better...
Given the spots in one of the photos, my grade would be MS-63, brown.
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