From memory, 2008 was about halfway, meaning the solidus was around $300 and the follis around $150 or so. Like I said, just from seeing realized...
Um, I have to disagree. I see coins across the board going up. Yes, lower grade items have not gone up as much, but are still double of what I...
I have collected Byzantine follis and solidi for about 18 years now. There really has been no direction but up. The same solidus that today sells...
I hear you. Some of these can be pretty, but I always find myself circling around to what I consider to be a "coin". Is it anything in the world...
Bill would be the authority on these, but I do not like the look of them personally.
To find the answer look at something as simply as wheat cents. Coins from the teens and twenties are the "good ones", being much scarcer. The...
Concerning Parthian, they are scarcer than most other coins here, as well as the boring factor you mention. Yes, bronzes are more varied, but are...
Congrats on the Ranger training. I never went that far. I got volunteered for airborn and air assault, but never Ranger. My cousin was 30 year SF,...
Bad quality fake, sorry. I seriously doubt it is real silver either. As for why I say that, look at the extreme mushiness of the design versus...
I wish I knew that earlier Bill. I just gave a copy away a few months ago.
I agree. Even those of us who know we can pull the trigger in the face of danger are not immune, since you have to be there with a gun nearby in...
At least two. I also own the Smithsonian publication of their Bactrian holdings. I think that was also a GPO publication. I can check tonight to see.
I echo what Chris said. I love coins too much, so anyone who knows me know I am a collector. Therefor no option other than a SDB, (which I...
Yes and no. There are many times I pick up interesting little tidbits in such papers. For less than $10, I don't think anyone here would feel they...
So this is the original Peter? CT 15th century style!
Yeah, I believe there are like 22 known. At one time Harlan Berk, (and Bank Leu whom he bought them from), owned all but one of them. Before about...
I agree with the other two posters. Both most likely fakes, and most likely not gold either.
http://home.comcast.net/~wdaehn/TCACC/OtherDocs/AnonByzBronze.pdf Here is a link to a paper I wrote on Anonymous Bronzes for my coin club if...
I would agree. Tiny gold coins or bars are not great investments. You simply have way too high of a premium. If I wished to own fractional gold, I...
I like Type sets for US collecting since it free you of the terror of date/mm collecting. Plus its just more interesting. At least new addition...
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