I have posted this before on another thread, but just in case you haven't seen it there:[ATTACH]
Another way to look at it is that silver is up about $10/oz, so an increase to $80 would have been enough to cover the silver cost. If you figure...
And there is the Lion of Judah, Haile Selassie. Here is the back of the Ethiopia one dollar 1945: [ATTACH]
Going through my cards I found two more "old printings" of the White House NE view. One is number 939865A - one number higher than the one I...
Looks like the same card I posted on the thread today [Sept 27, 2020 - late to the show again]. Most likely it had a number on the back which has...
Back many years ago when I was a frequent attender at live auctions, it was not that unusual for the auctioneer to ask if anyone wanted to match...
And three other cards I picked up at the same time. The White House NE view is numbered 939864A, is identical to the card still recently available...
A little late to the show, but here is one I picked up a few months ago.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I think you can make out the 6 1/4 x 4 3/8 die...
Three very nice BEP vignettes arrived today! These were not cheap, but each one is significant so I decided to splurge. ..... And last is a...
On eBay, David Lawrence has over 600 ABNCo plates at $1,351.50, Buy it Now. A while back they were $1,590.00, or best offer. I think he sold a few...
There is a reasonably intelligent way to play the GSR - it's called portfolio balancing. I probably should have noted that transaction costs make...
There is a reasonably intelligent way to play the GSR - it's called portfolio balancing. You set aside a sum to put in PMs, and pick a ratio of...
i saved a George Jensen serving spoon and a SF mint stamped 20 oz bar from the melting pot. Here is the bar. Actually was 22.41 oz.[ATTACH]
Back in the late 60's, I was buying $20's at the going price pf $40 each, so there was a potential profit of $5/coin. Five dollars was a not...
Special Delivery, Special Handling and Certified Mail stamps are no longer valid for postage. [Because "the service is no longer available". But...
You have had better luck with your eBay purchases than me. Spotty performance: some get here in two or three days, some take two weeks [domestic...
I wonder if the opening of the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah in 1906 had anything to do with the decision to start making cents and nickels...
I think with the increased population on the west coast, the cost and inconvenience of shipping came into play. In the late 1800's, most of the...
I believe some historians think that in ancient Egypt, back in the third millennium BCE, silver was worth more than gold. The theory was that...
About 50 years ago, I cashed two $50 traveler's checks; the teller gave me two $100 bills. Took a while to convince her she had made a mistake. [I...
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