Yes, well the French wanted their money and began loading up anything not tied down. They wanted to take control of the country as a whole ( they...
BRONZE MEDAL - GERMAN POST WWI HYPERINFLATION Year: 1923+ [ATTACH] German bronze medal minted and issued in Saxony commemorating the...
YES! And the other is a 5 Cent-urian :)
I have not seen a signature....so I am going to say no but that makes me want to take a closer look at the reverse.
No, the reverses are full original buffalo. :)
Hobo Nickel Carvings in Ancient Themes 'Emperor' and 'Centurion' by Bill Jameson I am a fan of hobo nickels and thought I had a great idea. Being...
While it's a shame it was clipped making it unable to be identified....still it's an interesting example of the practice of clipping. :)
Very interesting. Thanks!
There were a lot of Doge's and there isn't a huge amount of easily found info on them in English. Venice, Florence and Genoa are interesting...
The Johann Martin deer is stunning...I don't buy a lot of coins these days but if I am going to buy one I want it to be the best one I can find...
GROSSO - VENICE - DOGE GIOVANNI SORANZO: A.D. 1312-1328 [ATTACH] Obverse: Christ Pantocrator enthroned facing - IC-XC Reverse: Doge (Duke)...
Vittorio Emanuel II...the man with the facial hair that defied gravity! [IMG]
BRONZE MEDAL - PHILANTHROPIN JEWISH SCHOOL Frankfurt am Main Year: 1904 [ATTACH] This is a very large (66 mm) and very rare medal Commemorating...
Fine example...they had some of the greatest portrait engravers imo
I love a good thread where I walk away knowing more than when I walked in :)
Of course I meant historically speaking...the only use for these metals were decoration and to REPRESENT value. Of course monarchs knew what the...
I would never do that but people will... If it gets bad enough and its a matter of survival... People will. I live in Texas where everyone and...
I don't hate silver and gold, they are pretty and I would certainly buy and sell it. but I have my money in land. You know those people selling...
Actually it is just a representation of value not much different than paper. The real value is in the land and resources. There are almost no...
Yes, the rest of the list is okay though, all practical and useful. Silver and gold are practically worthless metal, only valuable when there is...
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