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I am doubtful that this is true. Source? The Spink catalogue does not mention this happening. The Coincraft catalogue, which tends to go into detail concerning such mintage oddities and anecdotes, al… (View Post)

Unfortunately, that's probably because the Greek letters are indecipherable. My transliteral reading of the quasi-Greek lettering would be, starting from the top, "F X AWSWETh ChII EWDMS X&… (View Post)

You can replace every instance of the word "colonial" in the OP's post with "mediaeval", and the post is still 100% true. There are times, in the history of numismatics, wher… (View Post)

This once again highlights the folly of relying on Coinflation's calculations of "scrap metal value". Coin collectors/hoarders/investors are competing with scrap metal merchants for th… (View Post)

Inflation happens everywhere. A key symptom of inflation having already happened is coins becoming obsolete due to their production costs becoming higher than their face value. It does not help that … (View Post)