I agree! But we lived on a poultry farm, and I was very busy helping with the daily chores. Plus my Dad is an avid coin collector, so this was his...
Beautifull coins! I personally think the Austro-Hungarian/ Holy Roman Empire coinage are the most magnificent designed, only the Transylvanian are...
Congratulations Curtis! Sorry, I am late to post (I have been really busy with Spring cleanups) I ended up getting married to one of my lawn...
Thanks:) I was wearing a winter coat, last week, today I went shirtless (got to a balmy 19 celsius) Last week, we had a ice storm:(!
Sorry, I been mighty busy with Spring clean up work. Here is better late, then never.... AV Dukat 1644 Riga Mint Queen Christina of Sweden Riga/...
NICE!
Remember...all coins/ hammered or milled started off as FDC:cigar: Reason most are in lesser grades today was caused by handling/ also known as...
High quality coins ALWAYS sell for a big premium. This applies to ALL coins that were struck before 1950. Example/ CNG 108/ Byzantine AV Hyperper...
Back to Crown Wreath/ concerning price drop (Seljuks of Rum AV Dinar/ Three Brothers) ALL of the gold coinage from the Seljuks used to be...
I have a 1646 AV Dukat 1646 A-I Ailia Julia (Weissenburg Mint) Prince Georgyi Razcoki I of Transylvania In 1526 the Hungarian Army of Louis II...
Beautifull! The 1647 Ronco is outstanding quality!
This seems to happen mostly with CNG events/ esp. Triton Auctions. Before CNG appeared on coin scene it was NFA. Both have/had really exceptional...
Nice coins, Doug:happy: i really like the Sasanian/ Kushano-Sasanian coinage. I have 5 AV coins, yet to get AR coins. John
Thanks for posting your mowers/ cats..... I will take my lawnmowers in, to have them tuned up/ so they will be ready for action in May. Still have...
That is OK, I have three dogs ((Loki)Boxer/ (Logan)Shi Tzu/ and my favorite Thor the Rottweiler:happy: As a puppy....[ATTACH]
If, I where that lucky.... I would do like Eliasburg/ have a bank vault built into mansion. Plus have a good alarm system, guns, and a bunch of...
Hoarding is when one accumlates junk/ has 200+ cats in house. On the otherhand, if someone has 10K mintstate gold coins....thats a heavenly...
Other auction houses also let you set a max. spending limit. Kunker/ CNG/ Rauch/ Baldwins to name a few. This comes in handy when you have...
Doug Smith is bang on. All of us here, if we had unlimited money would do the exact same. I know, I would. Besides, I collect not for the...
The term "ancient" usually means any coinage struck from first known coins (620BC) to the Fall of Rome 410AD. The Dark Ages began in 410AD/ ended...
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