But most of us haven't mastered five different languages either! Let me say that my own Excel spreadsheet is as rudimentary as it gets. The most...
I'm highly doubtful that there is such a thing as a "best system" for cataloguing ancient coins, since every collector has differing ideas about...
Not sure what you mean -- my modest Excel database has small pictures (that can be enlarged) with each entry: [ATTACH] Excel works pretty well...
While this appears to be true about modern coin collecting, I'm not sure I'd agree that it's an accurate characterization of ancient coin...
Minor smoothing has never been an issue for me, and most of my AE coins exhibit smoothing to some extent. The Galba to which you refer doesn't...
Described as "good very fine:" [ATTACH] Also candidly described as "tooled and smoothed." My question is, what sense does it make to grade a...
Then there's the nuisance of having people contact you every day trying to convince you to contribute to, or support, their causes. If your name...
According to Wikipedia, this is an ancient bust of Nerva: [ATTACH] How accurate is it? Who knows? But it does have have a lot of similarity...
You're not a criminal, so it's no surprise that you wouldn't use devious means to access someone else's wealth. While it may be farfetched, do...
If you sell your house, well, you're no longer living there, so locating you for a robbery gets a little more difficult for a potential robber....
I'm not sure I understand this -- are you saying that a dealer asked you to be a shill bidder at one of the dealer's auctions? If so, this is...
I agree that everyone should feel comfortable to ask about, and reply to, threads about a coin's authenticity. Sharing knowledgeable, (and even...
It appears genuine (to my eye). I'd be VERY surprised if counterfeiters made phony Othos with this much wear on the reverse -- I would think they...
General news media reporting of financial news is almost always atrocious. It's not surprising that they got this story wrong.
Even today, Herculaneum’s main street, with its entrance arch and wide main street, seems to evoke a pleasant, relaxed image of life in the...
I think you mean "debt" not "debit," and this isn't quite correct factually. In fact, the EU is phasing out the 500€ note in 2018 since it was...
Next to Ostia, Herculaneum (Ercolano in Italian) was my favorite ancient city when I visited Italy last Fall. Here's a view of Herculaneum with...
I'm curious as to how many collectors on this site prefer a "sand" patina (assuming it's natural and not artificially applied) over the underlying...
This is an interesting intellectual exercise, although I'm not quite certain it's all that practical. Nevertheless, my educational background...
The sacred stone was... gasp... EATEN? Heavens to Zeus, the depravity!
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