John Conduitt ✭✭✭✭

PCGS don't grade ancients, so you're safe there. But they do grade medieval hammered coins. I would think the first question would be around why you're slabbing a hammered coin. Collecting US coins c… (View Post)

It seems to only work as a theory if you judge the outcome entirely on cash spent and assume the bidder has no interest in the object, only in reselling to make a profit. But the point of bidding in … (View Post)

Really nice selection. I have this from the USSR. The mint shut in 1941 as the Germans approached Moscow and when it resumed in 1942 there were coin shortages, although inflation and rationing reduce… (View Post)

Henry VIII had quite a variety of coins. Some were literally his father's (with his father's portrait); some were even more traditional than that (with a facing bust of a 'king'). He even had what I … (View Post)

Me too. I think you could probably get to William the Conqueror without too much difficulty (if you can live with very worn coins). Richard III is expensive but not impossible. The Commonwealth is a … (View Post)