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When I was a noob, I remember paying a record price for a copper Mexican pattern. A moneyed long-time dealer seated in front of me laughed at that, but I wanted the coin for whatever reason (lost to … (View Post)

Being so crude, it’s probably some kind of token, such as a hacienda token or similar. You might have some luck with the book Latin American Tokens by Russ Rulau (Krause Publications). Of course that… (View Post)

“The Underbidder Theory” → The winning bidder sets the story, but the underbidder sets the price. Interesting article. Comments? (View Post)

Henry Christensen (50s-70s) Hans Schulman (40s?-60s) Not much variety collecting until the 2000s though. (View Post)

I agree with your assessment. Very little “good” collectible material on the floor anywhere. Because of that, most of what’s available is damaged material (shipwreck and chopmarked). And it seems to … (View Post)