Coins of Carthage!

Ya know something? I love how you ancient guys catalog things. So different from us US types.......

 

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That's because we have 147,259,396 types. Give or take a few.

 

I don't know......it's just so dead on with it's placing. You could almost 'shelve' it in a library........

 

It's because all Ancients are widely different....

I love my MS-65 Morgan too though...

I'm a collector of two different worlds (Gem Type and Ancients are my main focus points)

 

That's because we research everything so much more than US collectors, as every single piece has a major history

 

That's not exactly true. Dedicated US collectors do an enormous amount of research, but it tends to be more numismatic in nature than historical.

 

We really should do more though........coins Provence, die variety, etc,......

 

I've got a decent set of Kennedy Half Dollars and I've found that there's a great deal to learn, especially when it comes to die varieties - it's a life-long pursuit. I was born in 63, so the series almost spans my lifetime.

 

Hey... I did say I like my Gem Morgan is my second favorite coin

I did say US collectors don't do as much research... I said that US collectors do less research per coin (in General... some beauties or errors like the 1900 IHC on Gold planchet, patterns, etc. do require more research per coin)

 

I'm not so sure WC - for example, there's a world of difference between the 1971 Kennedy Halves struck at the Denver and Philadephia mints. And that's just one year. Any long-run series is going to offer the serious collector an enormous learning curve. Take the old copper guys, for instance, that have been researching and collecting die varieties their entire lives and can frequently attribute a variety in a matter of seconds.

The amount of research a collector spends on his coins depends not on the coins themselves, but on the dedication of the collector.

 

I missed one acronym... IMHO.

Remember, I'm also a US collector

 

Did you mention you were in Canada? Or was somebody else? If so, do you collect any Canadian?

 

Nope... Up here, the types are almost all commemorative... It wouldn't be a very large collection for me (and not as many Eagles!)

Most of our circulating types have been the same since before my Grandparents were born... not enough interest for me..

US has a lot of types that are interesting, as do Ancients

 

Well, all I know's is I label a coin 'proof'/'Unc', but then again, I collect mostly 'moderns'.......not much pedigree there, US Mint. Zippo.

 

Very nice coin you guys....:thumb:

 

Sardinia and Southern Italy Under Carthaginian Domination

Dominion of Carthage Siculo- Punic Era
Sardinia c. 264 -241 BC
AE Shekel 5.56 g x 20.2 mm
Obverse: Tanit Left Double Drop Ear rings
Reverse: Bust of Horse right
Ref: Zeugitana, Carthage c. 300-241
No Pellet Variant of SNG Copenhagen #169-171

 

Hey A-Dawg, how is it goin' tonight?

=> man, I've always loved that coin of yours ... it's a beaut

:thumb:

 

This one was also dug up in Sardinia -

 

Steve? Now it's Maxwell Smart?

Traci, the Sardinian authorities have a dragnet out for you tonite........:devil:

 

You got the Maxwell right. Not so sure about the "Smart". Hehe