ROLL CALL: What is Your Primary Collecting Interest?

Sorry about my lack of articulateness here, but when I wrote "Completely off topic here" in one of my previous posts, I meant that MY POST was completely off topic (about Saint Saens' Danse Macabre). No insult intended.

 

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FYI, it's impossible for someone to be killed by a falling bullet. Mythbusters did a segment on this about three years ago and proved that a falling bullet -- one propelled by gravity alone -- reaches a terminal velocity of around 100 MPH in the atmosphere, and when one of Mythbuster's staff was hit by this bullet, it didn't even break his skin (the bullet is too light even at 100 MPH).

People killed by celebratory gunfire are hit directly by the bullet from the gun.

 

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Thanks for the great post Aethelred!

Ninety percent of my coins are Judaean. I continue to be fascinated by them. I frequently purchase multiples of the same version of coin and have three collections. One collection is slabbed (from my slab-happy period), the second collection is in boxed sets, and the third collection is unslabbed for handling. My give-away coins are Jannaeas prutot and lepta. In the past year (since becoming a member of the Coin Talk forum) I’ve expanded my collections to include Biblical Kingdom coins—Roman, Nabataean, Seleucid, Ptolemaic, Parthian, and Indo-Scythian.



I really began collecting ancient coins back in 2005. Initially I was searching for authentic Biblical relics and not necessarily coins. I was fascinated by the stories and legends that I had read about the True Cross and the possibility that fragments of it are still in existence. Coincidentally 2005 is around the time that the movie “Kingdom of Heaven” was released. The True Cross appears in the story and is captured by the forces of Saladin at the Battle of Hattin. This movie fueled my hunt for Holy Relics. It was around this time that I found an ad in an archeology magazine advertising a boxed collection of coins from the Holy Land. I placed an order for the collection (including a certificate of authenticity) from the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom. Since then I’ve been hooked.

 

Any chance we could see the reverse of this coin:



Obverse looks great. Nice detail in Nero's hair.

 

Here is the reverse, IdesOfMarch01, happy to oblige.

Here is the reverse. Somewhat rough surfaces but nice detail.

 

Wow. The reverse is even better than the obverse. A fantastic coin!

 

Imperial Roman coinage, specially 1st and 2.nd century and 3.
and denarius (special de rare bust)

 

Agreed with @IdesOfMarch01 ... Reverse is better than the Obverse... Gorgeous coin! Well done.

 

Cats I have 3 now working on my 4th

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In general I like Greek coins at prices I can afford. I collect Coins I like (especially if they speak to me on the bourse floor).

Here is a Greek that spoke to me:


Here is a Roman that spoke to me:


Here is a modern POS that spoke to me:

 

They DO however know exactly where they are as soon as they open the post... at least they do if they invest the six seconds necessary to check. At that point the inadvertent clicker has a choice: they can invest another six seconds to click something else of more interest to them... or they can spend however long it takes to describe their own no doubt fascinating lack of interest in the topic. For reasons best known to yourself, you chose door number two.

 

If I weren't happily married TIF, I'd propose.

 

No need for that level of demonstration. Just send me one of your coins

 

Well, I'll have to admit that some of you have made it very easy for me to make one decision. You see, I have a pristine copy of the auction catalog, The Lawrence R. Stack Collection of Ancient Greek Coins from the January, 2008 auction in New York.

I figured that someone on the Ancient forum might like this catalog as a gift. At least some of you have helped me eliminate your names from the list. FWIW, the OP is still on the list.

Chris

 

ahaha => wow Eduard, you okay'd weapons at a party, but you called foul on ships?!!

Lake parties and/or beach parties need boats, my friends => either for skiing and/or for fishing!!






... boats and Partying go hand-in-hand, my coin-friend (climb on board!!)

 

Shouldn't matter where you are.

 

Exactly => boats and parties go together!!

 

Hey that Greek one can you give me an autopsy / biography of it I want one

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