Leo III successfully defended Constantinople from the army of Maslama B. 'Abd. al-Malik in 717-718. Their secret weapon, "Greek Fire," played a...
This Byzantine emperor had his power stolen by Romanus I Lecapenus. Despite the often cruel, gruesome, and brutal Byzantine history of usurpers...
I inherited this mutilated cent. I think it was a machinery experiment. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Byzantine Anonymous Folles are fascinating for their iconography and all of the variations they went through. In Sear and Sommer, this one...
Interesting. A number of years ago, I inherited a pile of coins from a now deceased relative. Along with them came a number of "old" paper coin...
The only rule in coin collecting is that there are no rules. I've changed my focus numerous times and have also struggled with collecting versus...
These are interesting numbers, but mintages don't necessarily translate into usage. Just because the mint is making them, it doesn't mean they are...
Maybe a week or two ago, I traipsed into a local Barnes & Noble (something I don't do nearly as much as I used to, unfortunately) and made my way...
I've shared this one in similar threads here over the years. I'm still not completely sure what happened to this one, but likely some kind of...
As long as I've had an interest in Mexican money, I've had a curiosity about the nun who appears on many high denomination banknotes. In a recent...
This is my only IHC. Many years ago, just for fun, I put together a 1900 year set (without gold) and that's when I obtained this cent. It's still...
AI stands or falls on the data that it trains or "learns" on. If AI trains on bad data, it will produce bad results, no matter how good the...
Ancient collectors will almost always tell you to crack coins out of their slabs, modern collectors will almost always tell you to leave them in....
This video takes a much closer look at the obverse of a new Japanese 2024 1000 Yen note https://youtube.com/shorts/d5r0Yni24rk?feature=shared...
The Japanese dragon designs from the late 19th to early 20th centuries continue to fascinate me. Not long after finding a decent 10 Sen, posted...
I've had this 1900 cent for quite a while, perhaps for a few decades. I don't remember where I bought it from or how much I paid for it. Apart...
There was some kind of delay in the site, or in my internet connection, and I ended up posting 3x.
The "bad luck" $2 bill myth goes back quite a ways, and is a pretty well-established "myth." Does anyone really know the exact reason why they're...
Melt value fluctuates over time as well. So some sellers may only care if they're earning more than they purchased the coin for than if it's in...
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