Aethelred the unready. Didn't he end up paying lots of Danegeld?
I used to not like SAE's because I thought they wouldn't have any numismatic value, just bullion, but I guess I was wrong!
I just got a 1995 and was surprised to see that they're worth about $52 on most of the coin sites. It isn't a really scarce year, but it seems...
I went to the hardware store and got a silver quarter in change. Apparently they had been getting rolls of all silver quarters lately. Maybe...
Plus ultra. Once they went beyond the pillars of Hercules (Morocco and Gibraltar) the Spanish had the whole world. Hence the dos mundos. Two...
It's a fun thing to show to kids or young people so they can understand history.
I love the real dos mundos Spanish 8 reales. With the pillars of Hercules ( Morocco and Gibraltar) When they got beyond them they had the whole...
It's over 1500 years old. It's entitled to have some stuff on it. I think it's perfect as is!
It held over $24 for the weekend, so maybe we are on a little upswing. Maybe...
Not burnished. Nice bullion coin.
I got bored with bullion and even junk silver a while ago. I like to buy what I call "mildly numismatic" coins. For example a walking liberty...
I don't know, but I'll guess around $17.00 an ounce.
We're over 18 now, and it looks like it might hold. Silver is back!
Eagles are going for around $22.50 each, which is way over spot.
It's called a dos mundos. What the two pillars of hercules mean are the two mountains on the either side of the straits of Gibraltar. Plus ultra...
Here's another one:[IMG]
I am a big fan of exonumia, and try to collect Maine stuff. I met a guy who has all kinds of it and even wrote a guidebook to it! Here's a neat...
Looks like silver is a bit ahead of the curve. Does that mean it's going to turn down?
Frankies are going for about the same as any other "junk silver". That doesn't mean they won't start to have some additional numismatic value,...
My 5 Tornesi might be worth even more than I thought!...
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