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A forum discussion about the supply and demand of pre 1964 silver coins in the US. Users share their opinions, estimates and experiences on the amount of silver in circulation, melting, hoarding and collecting.
A discussion thread about the possible uses and meanings of holed coins in the past. Users share their knowledge, experiences and examples of holed coins from different periods and regions.
Many other cities as far as Afghanistan or Yemen imitated Athenian coins with special marks added to claim it was their own coinage. View attachment 1405995 Counting a hoard of (mostly) Athenian tetradrachms and local imitative drachms : the first 100 tetradrachms.
A lot of this ground is being metal detected and these coins found. Remember "Ancient coins", even if limited to around the Meditteranean, were minted in the tens or hundreds of millions cumulatively each year for 1000 years. There we, in total, a LOT minted, billions. Law of large numbers will tell you many should survive, and do.
The general reason why ancients are "cheap" compared to later coins is that there were lots of slaves hammering them out in copper and bronze and there weren't any copper/bronze coins made for the millenium between 475-1475, at least not in western europe.
There are lots of interesting coins out there, and the relative value of Pertinax has gone down a lot because there are many alternative coins of interest. You might not have predicted that in 1980 when it was still hard to work on the portrait set of emperors because the rare ones came available so infrequently.
Following that the CEO was charged and prosecuted. While, I believe, he did eventually prevail on the sex trafficking charges, he did end up in prison and the site was taken down. There are many differences here, and I'm certainly not accusing eBay of sex trafficking, but... they have a legal quagmire IMO. 18 U.S. Code § 485 - Coins or bars:
I have enjoyed Byzantine coins since 1972. There is a lot of information available about Greek and Roman coins, but many people don't know much about Byzantine coins, don't know if they would even be interested, and don't even know where to start getting information. Well, now there is a source.
1. Begin collecting fake coins and learn about (like amentia in the German forum). 2. Or destroy the coins (make a whole or do other things). But don't please sell the coins or give it other persons. Too much risk one of them we see later at eBay or other shops, too much risk a beginner will buy one of his coins and lost his money.
Any time you do large scale anything there will be casualties, so if you truly care for preserving your coins do them individually. Every coin can have its own special considerations. What it sounds like is: you have to remove oxidation and/or grit, crud, debris.