The Red Book is the standard reference today, but it was preceded by The Blue Book. Ken Bressett was first listed on the cover in 1957 but had...
I got a nice email from a TNA life member who said that was a People's Choice Award. He said that he voted for it and agreed that it was...
It did not apply to numismatists. Pres. Roosvelt's first Secretary of the Treasury was William H. Woodin, author of The United States Pattern:...
My daughter was named for a Greek goddess. I sent her the cartoon and she replied:
Meaning no disrespect to any god, but my patron is Mercury. [ATTACH] Mercury / Ulysses greeted by his dog, Argos. (ex: Kirk Davis) I have...
The ratio was the correct one for the times and places because markets were open across the entire Roman world. As noted here above, by Robert...
The June 4-6, 2021, Texas Numismatic Association annual show and convention was a success for all. Every dealer I talked felt that the market...
[ATTACH] Fifty cents. I kid you not.
The real find was this: [ATTACH] Old postcard... nice... so what? (see next entry)
The turnout was strong though not all of the available tables were sold (30 out of 40). Still, it was clear that people were out to buy. [ATTACH]...
Austin, Texas, stalwart Bryan Jones finally hosted a show and at a new venue. He sold 30 of his 40 tables. I bought one for the next show in July....
I also bought a hundred Hubble Space Telescope dollar commemoratives to give out at star parties. And at a coin show today, I told another friend...
See my comments in these related topic threads. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/american-innovation-dollar-annie-jump-cannon.376569/ and...
I disagree. I disagree. I bought 100 of the Annie Jump Cannon coins and 100 of the Hubble Space Telescope dollars to give out at astronomy club...
Like you, I am not an active collector of US coins. In fact, I have sort of drifted out of numismatics and into astronomy. I just placed an...
Searching for this topic thread, I found the entry by Orielensis from 2019. I wish that I had seen it sooner. I can get the references cited there...
Thanks! I am sorry that I did not see this earlier when I was searching here for information about the Medieval Hand Heller. I just completed a...
I just met another numismatist through an astronomy discussion board. In fact, I am working on an article about the similarities in the two...
I got started in numismatics late in life, just over 40. I knew about inflation and hard money as a teen from reading conservative political...
My snarky comments aside, I agree and I have also paid more for bullion items that I liked. Mostly, they were private issues from corporations...
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