Here is mine (not a dollar but 20 cents): [IMG] and the 'Fatman' was a pretty interesting man called Yuan Shihkai....
I am sure I have seen some of these coins before while browsing (the coins not just the type), the Octavian and Julius in particular, also I am...
It definitely looks similar to both types, both having basicly the same devices and both quite rough. With coin in hand you cannot make out the...
Its is real good shape. I have a few of these but they are in far worse condition. I would worry more about what might be verdigris than the...
Outstanding collection and great theme. Mark my vote for the Claudius but they are all outstanding. I can hardly afford a denarius of most of...
I don't think its 'art, you either get it or your don't' as much as what one views as valid artistically is relative. Some people see art (in all...
Its hard to say from a photographi but it looks like it could be a 1/2 from Rhodesia mounted to be worn...whether it is plated is impossible for...
I was going through coin photos today, something I havent done in a while, and I came across what I believe to be one of the nicest coin designs...
Okay, maybe a few more: A little departure from the usual females on coins but its low priced and humble... [IMG]
Two more, I promise...I quit... [img] [img] Okay...one more...and I think this is one of the cooler coins the US has produced, and they are...
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I think it would be both because the archbishop was a prince bishop of the HRE. So the rulers were both Prince Electors and Archbishops. It was a...
Some cheap common coins are outstanding in their design.... [img] [img] [img] [img]
No, like I said, the value is perceived to be higher, I dd not say the government was manipulating it (not to say it or private concerns...
They are his creations. I asked him if he could make a Roman themed carved nickel and it just so happened he already had that idea and had two...
Yes, I do understand gold has been used as money, at least as far back as the Lydians...and before that it was valued as a decorative item for...
How did a guy named Bernard O'Higgins become a founding father of Chile? [img] Here is the companion piece to the above Hobo Nickel [img]
Have you ever heard of Saarland? [img] Did you know how Danzig became a free city? [img] Or when the principate ended and the crisis was upon...
Fair enough sir. Just a few last thoughts. You say paper money is good as long as it is backed by metal so you do not object to paper. I also...
I never said a central bank set the price of gold...the commodities market does and stable governemts foster the market to buy and sell and value...
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