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did Rome have inflation at the fall of their dynasty
Inflation played a significant role in the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, particularly during its later stages. The empire experienced severe hyperinflation between AD 200 and 300, with estimates suggesting an inflation rate reaching 15,000%. This economic crisis stemmed from several interconnected factors: Currency… -
Re: Are you too seeing the stupid blinking coin in front of all posts?
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Re: Gallery Mint 'Medusa' 1794 Dollar
They are definitely different obverse dies... judging from where the last hair curl falls in relation to the stars. -
Re: What Are the Most Important Types/Varieties?
doubled dies are pretty popular varieties in any series i think and may fall into the catagory of `important` -
Looking for opinions on authenticity - double struck, double dated Wheat cent
So I mentioned in my post about the 1982 zinc Lincoln clip that it was one of only three decent coins I pulled from a lot of damaged "error" coins on eBay. The coin below was part of the same group. I believe it is an authentic Mint error, but I would like others to chime in with their opinions: The second strike was quite… -
Re: Franklin Half Specialists: Are My Eyes Just Crossed, or did NGC Get This Wrong?
I appreciate the feedback, everyone! I know some of these circumstances can be peculiar, either where there are several versions of a particular variety and only a certain die is recognized as the variety, or even when there is a single variety but multiple dies are categorized therein. I spent an inordinate amount of time… -
Re: 1954 franklin pr67???
Here's one I picked up last fall that meets that "Harshly Repolished Dies" definition pretty well. -
Re: The Ultimate Coin Quiz, TRY IT !!.... it's fun....
Ok......To provide a full analysis to date: You are saying that B and C are not correct since those are the only answers given to this point (B by Wekar, and C by me.) However, A) is obviously wrong since she likes UC "not at all", (i.e. = 0). Therefore, she can't "like" MS quarters less. (Unless you have a negative "like"… -
Re: Walter Breen Letter with 1846/46 quarter
Analyst: Your Model T analogy is apt. Obviously Henry Ford (Walter Breen) was a pioneer in car technology (numismatic research). But, if you were designing a car today (researching a numismatic issue today) would you use Ford's claimed results (Breen's claimed results) without question? Further, suppose Ford had a nasty… -
Re: Teletradedirect Dinking Me Around On Shipping My Order....
Here is my thoughts on this: I see lots of members complain about lots of dealers quite frequently. It makes me scratch my head to be honest. I have been buying stuff online (not just coins) since the internet came to be. From my experience, companies have a certain way of doing things that they follow through on about 95%…
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