But they’re in better condition than my 1932 $10 Indian Head Eagle which has been in collector’s hands since it was in circulation. It is also gold.
Marking it is a good idea. There is a story about a pretty nice Roman coin hoard found in Britain and the finder marked the location. Well the...
You know what now I’m wondering: How on Earth are those coins still so well preserved when even most old Mint Sets don’t have coins in that good...
But would that be violating any laws? Now obviously you probably wouldn’t be caught but I’m just curious what the law expects people to do?
You’re hiking with your partner (or solo) and you catch a glimpse of what appears to be a rusty bucket.. You approach to investigate closer and...
All I can find is a Tetradrachm of Sparta. Late 3rd century BC. [ATTACH]
According to the Wikipedia article on Spartan black soup every Spartan paid ten obols a month to their unit in order to buy the raw ingredients...
If I recall correctly Iron was actually expensive back then. I remember reading that in Rome iron nails were used for crucifying people and then...
Yup. I remember in economics class there was always a mention about the problem being undisciplined money creation. I’ve always thought maybe the...
It’s interesting you mentioned paper money. Have you ever read the Travels of Marco Polo? He wrote: “All these pieces of paper are, issued with...
Well it would only be unstable if there was no convertibility. If the paper money can be converted into gold coinage then there should be no...
Ahhhh PAPER money prices. So if the price was driven up to $163.50 that means it would cost that much in paper money to buy 5x $20 Double Eagles...
Aw that was nice of them! :) Great coin! This is my one and only Julia Domna (minted under Caracalla) but I like it a lot. Even if she does look...
I want gold & silver to both drop at least 50%. Now I’m sure a lot of people would disagree with me but for me personally I want to buy more gold...
Ooh I found a picture! :) [ATTACH]
Today I was reading about the Black Friday of 1869. What happened is that some greedy robber barons tried to corner the gold market. What they...
Is mine the same one? If so mine was like $600 or something around there. [ATTACH]
Looks like the code got mixed up. I imagine the original price was €1297 and they want to sell it for €790. If you’re willing to pay €790 you...
Nah it doesn’t require knowing Latin once you learn AR, AU and BI. That’s all you need to know :)
You’re welcome :) Something interesting I noticed is that if officers made 10,000 denarii per year they could actually live a relatively...
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