My sole coin purchase from my first day at the FUN show

Eh?

 

He does no such thing. His paperwork clearly states that it is referred to as the “Masada Coin” because so many of them were found there by the Romans after the siege. Not that they were struck at Masada, let alone during the siege.

You don’t have to call it “The Masada Coin” if you don’t want to. I probably won’t, though I’d be lying if I said I didn’t find the historical anecdote to be interesting.

@philologus_1 - thank you. “Jerusalem” would have been my first guess, since it seems pretty obvious, but since I’m unschooled in these, I didn’t want to venture that guess.

 

Your “J/K” but apparently pedantic and snarky commentary was not terribly amusing nor useful… if that’s what’s going on.

He dated the coin to circa 67-68 AD. Is that not the case? What am I missing here?

 

OK, good. Thanks. I was just having difficulty understanding your “I wouldn't think an expert would just assume they appeared out of Heaven” and “So I guess he just works there, he's like the floor-sweeper?” commentary, which had me scratching my head.

It sounded to me like you were saying Tom Wood claimed the coins were dated to and/or struck at the siege of Masada. (He did not.)

It also sounded like there was some yanking of chains going on.

If you really did just want to know where they were struck, that’s cool. Now we know, and I’m glad to have that information.

I still don’t really understand your other questions and commentary, but that’s no big deal.

 

Speaking of floor sweepers, when one of us dropped a coin under the table at the show, I had the random thought about what the actual floor sweepers at the Orange County Convention Center must find sometimes, when they clean up after a huge coin show like FUN.

 

We’re totally in agreement on that point.



But what can I say; times were lean in the Recession, and a hat covered in holey gold coins was a luxury I could no longer afford.

 

I live only an hour or so’s drive from the nearest bigger cities (midway between Jacksonville, FL to the South and Savannah, GA to the North), but the area I live in is also a relative numismatic backwater.

I too rely upon the Internet and mailorder for 90+% of my collecting. Being able to hold a coin in hand and examine it before purchase, as I did at the show, is a bit of an exception to the rule for me.

I would not be the collector I am without the Internet. Neither in knowledge, nor in holdings.