Usually when a nation strikes massively debased coinage it is because of major stress, enemy at gates, losing a major war, famine, etc. I have...
The Indo-Parthian dynasty was founded by a Suren, (one of the great Parthian families), who rebelled against the Parthian king in western India/SE...
Hate to say it, but Maple leaf. More marketable than the others in the US. Kruggerands still have the "aparthied" slime about them some, and the...
I cannot remember for certain. Did we ever have any evidence if the Omega fakes were related to Lebanese fakes? There was a large industry faking...
I am jealous. I have a few group lots of those, but need more. I simply run out of time chasing everyting that interests me, but I do truly love...
I agree. I own some ballerinas and have to say Pd is an ugly coin metal. It has already been announced that some major users are switching back to...
I will grant that I MAY be biased since I am like a 14th cousin of Ben Franklin and didn't appreciate him kicked off the coin. :( Some say I have...
I agree. Bullion buyers seem to love 1964 Kennedy's since almost none circulated. I HATE THEM. Hate is probably too nice of a word for how I feel...
Depends on the denarius. A lifetime protrait in VF? Maybe $2000 area. A FDC, (maybe MS64 grade approx) lifetime portrait? $50k might be the limit....
This is my mentality. If I cannot justify the pleasure a coin will give me being equal to the purchase price, I do not buy it. All coins I own are...
I agree. If you see a TPG slab without grade its a bulk submission where the consignor wanted to minimize his costs and peddle the coins to...
My dad had a friend who carried a "pocket piece" around. He swore it started off as a Morgan silver dollar back in the 1960's, but what I saw was...
I think you are in reality describing economics. Every coin is collectible, but at what price? What do you give up in order to buy X? I was on a...
Yes, but it gives people a false narrative. PM buyers never account for inflation, which is why they think they make money, (many of them anyway)....
I have seen the same. However, I have seen a couple if major new "gold buyers" pop up recently and advertise heavily. I want to go there and give...
Yes, but electrocuted coins almost always have unattractive pits or tough surfaces. Electrolysis should always be a last resort for coins.
They are very different markets. Besides absolute rarity, what gold has going for it is Asian and Middle Eastern markets ONLY desire gold. They...
I would be in favor of a AU64 grade, or simply stop the whole thing and numerically grade everything. In the US world who uses descriptive grades...
A Doug "like" is the rarest of all numismatic treasures.
I must pay attention too little. I found a nice BU 1943 steel cent in my change jar a few months ago. No idea where it came from. At least I don't...
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