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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8125846, member: 85693&quot;]That&#039;s a great pile of silver you have there, [USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] - I too have drifted away from modern(ish) silver to ancients.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, back in November I succumbed to &quot;silver stacking&quot; habits I used to have - I never collected bullion exactly, but I love world crowns in iffy condition selling close to melt.&nbsp; Back in the 80&#039;s-90&#039;s I&#039;d scoop up 19th century silver all the time.&nbsp; To this day a lot of this is &quot;stacked&quot; on my dresser, desk at home and work, etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In a resurgence of my old habits, the coin below was listed on eBay in the ancients under &quot;Roman Imperial&quot; for a month or so - it went a couple of rounds with no bids, getting a dollar or so knocked off each time it was relisted.&nbsp; Finally, my resistance was weakened and I pulled the trigger:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415057[/ATTACH] </p><p>Yeah, I already had one of these (both 1855 and 1856, actually) but this one was a little nicer; I was quite happy with it, but for now world crowns will be an occasional thing.&nbsp; Melt value today is $16.62 and I paid $19.99 (not including shipping), so I am in no immediate danger of making money on it.&nbsp; If listed correctly under &quot;France&quot; it would probably gone a bit higher - I found one worse than mine that recently sold for $60!&nbsp; NGC puts these at $85 in VF, which seems high to me, but I&#039;m out of touch with the market.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/france-5-francs-km-782.1-1854-1859-cuid-1208298-duid-1250633" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/france-5-francs-km-782.1-1854-1859-cuid-1208298-duid-1250633" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/france-5-francs-km-782.1-1854-1859-cuid-1208298-duid-1250633</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;m going to stick to ancients.&nbsp; They make me work harder at attributions and gathering data on background, etc.&nbsp; In general, I just enjoy them more.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To keep this ancient (and to give me an excuse to post this), here is perhaps my best &quot;silver buy&quot; for the year, one of the few Roman Republican denarii that came in my price range - the seller didn&#039;t know what it was and put a low &quot;buy it now&quot; on it.&nbsp; This one really got my neuro-chemical pleasure centers firing and it was a good investment too. Not that I invest, really, but it is nice to know I can probably recover my initial outlay.&nbsp; But she&#039;s a keeper: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415058[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Roman Republic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius </b></p><p><b>C. Fabius C.f. Hadrianus</b></p><p><b>(102 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>Veiled and turreted head of Cybele right, dot over P behind / Victory in biga right, stork before, C·FABI·C·F in exergue.</p><p>Crawford 322/1a; Fabia 15; Sydenham 589.</p><p>(3.80 grams / 20 x 19 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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