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  1. TIF
    TIF

    Ancient Fun at CICF 2016

    Chicago International Coin Fair, Rosemont IL
    April 14-17, 2016


    This is a show report of sorts, although somehow I forgot to take even a single picture of the bourse or people! I was too busy looking at coins :D.

    I've only attended one other show, ANA World's Fair of Money, 2014. For an ancients collector CICF was more fun since there wasn't a sea of slabbed Morgans filling most tables :yuck:, nor were there mile-long lines of poor saps waiting for Kennedy gold. CICF pushes world and ancient coins. Although considerably smaller than WFOM, there were almost as many ancient coin dealers.

    The trip was an unexpected and serendipitous event. There was a work-related meeting that Saturday so except for the extra days of hotel, it was a freebie. Considering that there aren't any coin shows within a thousand miles of me, it was a most welcome gift.

    The bourse was open to dealers and early birds on Thursday. My plane landed in the mid afternoon on Thursday and I scrambled to...
    TIF Apr 21, 2016 Read More Replies: 92
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  2. SwK
    SwK

    The Great Migration to America - Please post coins/medals of any period which link UK and America

    Coronation in Scotland of the English king, Charles I
    The Great Migration to America

    An Artist’s View of London, AD 1633
    CH11 SCOT.jpg
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    CAROLVS AVGVSTISS : ET INVICTISS : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET HIB : MONARCHA
    AT VRBEM S : E : SOL ORBE M REDIENS
    SIC REX ILLVMIN

    During 1633, two significant events took place which had such historical impact that the modern world still feels their influence. The first was the coronation in Scotland of the English king, Charles I. As important as this was at the time, an even greater event occurred whose influence would carry forward not for decades but for generations, and this was the Great Migration of ordinary souls to America from England.

    We should remember we are now just 33 years before the Great Fire of London that started in a baker’s shop on 2 September 1666, in Pudding Lane, close to London Bridge. The Great Fire of...
    SwK Jan 19, 2016 Read More Replies: 29
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  3. britannia40
    britannia40

    1786 Spanish 1/2 Escudo with Historical Document

    I've always been interested in coins I think mainly because of the history so of course when I Found this like 2 years ago I jumped on it.

    I bought this document on a auction site about 2 years ago. It was listed in Coins and came with a ugly 1/2 Escudo. I think because it wasn't listed with having the document really no one paid attention to it. I ended up being the only bidder and got it for the melt value at that time. I took the document to an antique shop and museum and they both said they believe it was authentic. I couldn't find anyone around that could seal it up (with the size of it) so I have a custom frame built. I had it placed between two pieces of non-stick glass. I took pictures of it in the frame also with and without light for the royal water seal.

    The document is from King Charles the 3rd of Spain dated 1784. It is concerning the Order of Santiago, which was an order of Spanish Knights. It has the signatures of numerous members of the order and governors at that...
    britannia40 Dec 21, 2015 Read More Replies: 27
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  4. willieboyd2
    willieboyd2

    Mark Twain's Turkish Penny and the Gold Napoleon

    The United States plans to issue commemorative coins in 2016 to honor writer Mark Twain.
    The coins planned are a silver dollar and a five-dollar gold coin.
    United States (US) Mint photographs:
    http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=photo#MarkTwain

    In 1867 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) joined a ship excursion to Europe and the Middle East and published a very popular book about his travels, The Innocents Abroad, in 1869.
    He made several trips to Europe and published another travel book, A Tramp Abroad, in 1880.

    In A Tramp Abroad, he writes about an incident which occurred during his 1867 trip when he accidently gave a blind beggar a gold coin instead of a copper coin and his attempts to retrieve the gold coin.

    The episode with the showman reminds me of a dark chapter in my history. I once robbed an aged and blind beggar-woman of four dollars—in a church. It happened this way. When I was out with the Innocents Abroad, the ship stopped in the...​
    willieboyd2 Dec 14, 2015 Read More Replies: 5
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  5. goldducat
    goldducat

    Let's talk about the Netherlands gold ducats

    Hello everybody! From time to time one of you is showing on this forum a nice gold ducat of The Netherlands. These coins are worth a closer look on them. Therefore, I encourage all of ya to show some of them in this thread. They may be your acquisitions or some coins you just like and want to share.

    What's more, if you got a question about the Dutch gold ducats from your collections or want to acquire one and you don't know if it's worth it, this is the place you should ask :)
    goldducat Nov 24, 2015 Read More Replies: 77
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  6. TIF
    TIF

    Mule or goat? Both! Gragulus/Renius fourée denarius

    Roman Republic fourée mule denarius
    L. Antestius Gragulus, 136 BCE, and C. Renius, 138 BCE

    ancient forgery, 3.18 gm
    Obv: Roma helmeted head right, * below chin, GRAG behind
    Rev: Juno Caprotina in a biga of goats, C・RENI below, ROMA in exergue
    Ref: Obverse S.115, Cr.238/1, Syd.451, RSC Antestia 9; Reverse S.108, Cr.231/1, Syd.432, RSc Renia 1

    I am thrilled to have acquired this fun little coin. While fourées (ancient plated counterfeit coins) might not be everyone’s cup of tea, I know many of you here like them and own them. I’ve been particularly envious of John Anthony’s Vespasian “zombie” mule denarius.

    Doug, Steve, Eng, Zumbly, Cucumbor, Noob, and other CoinTalk members have fun fourées… I wanted one too :(. It took a while to find one that called to me but for once I was patient. One whimsical subset I’m building is “Alternative Modes of...
    TIF Nov 1, 2015 Read More Replies: 47
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  7. dcarr
    dcarr

    My Dad passed away: A Tribute (numismatic related)

    A day after the recent Denver coin show my Dad, Wilfred J Carr, passed away. It was not unexpected, although it seemed a little sudden at the end. He was 89. He had been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma over 12 years ago. The average life expectancy for that is about 4 years. So he survived longer than expected. He had good mental function right up until the day before last, although his health and physical abilities had been declining significantly over the last several months.

    My Dad was not one who would normally spend more than face value for a coin. But he had collected coins from circulation in the early 1960s and had a pile of blue Whitman folders. included with that were a few Morgan and Peace silver dollars that he received on his many assignments in Nevada. About 1970, as a pre-teen, I was interested in the old coins and my Dad encouraged the hobby, even going so far as to help me buy several coins over the years. So I credit him with where I am today.
    My Grandfather on my...
    dcarr Oct 28, 2015 Read More Replies: 71
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  8. AncientJoe
    AncientJoe

    WALWET hemihekte and hekte

    The lion head coinage is among the earliest which can be definitively attributed to the Lydian kingdom. Most of these coins are anepigraphic – without a legend – but a small number contain the inscription “WALWET” in ancient Lydian.

    This name is thought to refer to the Memnad king known by Greek sources as Alyattes, who ruled circa 620-564 BC. Through hoard evidence, it is clear that both the inscribed and uninscribed coins were minted at the same time.

    Interestingly, all of the inscribed trites and hektes are struck from obverse dies which have far more detail than could fit on the coins. They contain two facing lion heads surrounding the Lydian inscription and are generally struck off-center so that only one of the lion heads is visible with the inscription.

    While no larger denominations have been found, it is possible that the dies were originally intended for a larger “stater”, or that there was some significance to striking with one particular side of the die.

    I've recently...
    AncientJoe Oct 27, 2015 Read More Replies: 15
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  9. FitzNigel
    FitzNigel

    Medieval - William II of Norman Sicily

    Here is a recent purchase due to a coupon I received to Forum - A Follaro of William II of Norman Sicily. While there's nothing too special about the coin itself, the Regno of Southern Italy during William's kingship is something a little special to me.

    I wrote my doctoral thesis on the military recruitment practices (and to a lesser extent the taxation practices) of twelfth century England, comparing it to the Regno of Southern Italy, for the purposes of seeing what impact on these two areas could firmly be attributed to the Normans (Spoiler: not much). One of the remarkable coincidences of the two regions is that they both created a survey of knight service in roughly the same time period. In England, it was the Cartae Baronum under Henry II in 1166, and in Southern Italy, the Catalogus Baronum initially under Roger II in 1150-1, but revised under William II in 1167-8....
    FitzNigel Oct 23, 2015 Read More Replies: 56
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  10. Loong Siew
    Loong Siew

    Islamic Series: Dawn of Islam

    Times of the Prophet Muhammad and the Rashiduns. AH1-30, AD622-651

    Arab Byzantine Imitative Follis. Struck in the image of a Justinian I follis. Album 3522.2; Walker Arab Byzantine. Ex-CNG

    Before the founding of Islam, the Arabian Peninsula were under the influence of their neighboring Byzantine and Sassanian powers. Even after the establishment of the first Islamic Caliphate the Rashiduns, Arab Byzantine and Arab Sassanian coinage were in official use until the currency reform by Caliph Abdul al-Malek during the early Ummayyad Caliphate.

    2015-10-02 14.58.10.jpg 2015-10-02 14.57.07.jpg
    Loong Siew Oct 9, 2015 Read More Replies: 65
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