This is a rough customer compared to the beauties shown above, but it has its charms. It commemorates the visit of the new king George IV to...
Here is a link to a fascinating, and deeply disturbing, look at an industrial-scale Chinese counterfeiting enterprise:...
The laws I researched all required an intent to pass or utter. My error is now corrected in the original. Thanks.
Federal law criminializes the possession of any counterfeit coin with the intent to defraud: Title 18, Part I, Chapter 25, Section 485: Whoever...
I bought it many years ago. I'm sort of a numbers geek, so I remember for how much, but not from whom or when. I thought it was a good deal then,...
All I know is that she was crafted with great care (and lots of hallmarks) and was awarded to a musician in Dublin in 1932. [ATTACH]
I collect Irish coins and medals. This is my favorite: [ATTACH] Isn't she lovely?
You've hit upon the dirty little secret goldbugs hope people won't learn - gold is only intrinsically valuable because (some) people think it is....
A currency has to be acceptable as a medium of exchange. That doesn't give it a value in itself. In the, money is an accounting artifact - it is a...
There is no reason a currency has to have intrinsic value of its own. In fact, having an intrinsic value can interfere with its utility. We as...
Three ancient coins with different origins and different histories seldom all have the same luster. To me, they look like they were made at the...
As I learned it, a successful currency must be the following: 1) Limited in quantity. 2) Easily identifiable. 3) Difficult to duplicate. Gold...
The concept of freedom as it pertains to fragile, mortal beings such as ourselves is a bit profound for a message board devoted to collecting bits...
True. But cotton wasn't a viable crop until Whitney invented the gin. Does that mean we should only wear itchy woolen clothing today? After all,...
Let me be succinct - if you think the money supply should be based on how big a pile of yellow stuff there is in a vault someplace, then what you...
Well, see that's sort of the point. America issued much more nominally "gold-backed" currency, especially in the years after the Panic of 1907,...
I'm sorry, but that's simply nonsense. Unless a unit of currency is freely and readily redeemable for a fixed amount of a commodity, then...
Total US government gold reserves are around 261 million ounces, at $1500 per ounce it's worth less than $400 billion. US GDP is $14 trillion a...
The pattern of the abrasions is consistent with it having been harshly cleaned. As you said, if it looks harshly cleaned, it will be considered...
I got interested in coins when I was five, when I received a 1916D half dollar as change at the bowling alley where I was a junior league member....
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