I got a kick out of these two listings for a book that I find special since I did the photos for it. They were $50 new in 2002. I was given one...
...and not even close to making the top 10 list because of the smoothing but I have wanted a sestertius to go with my dupondius and antoninianus....
I typed what follows below as a reply to the old thread on books that was brought back after two years of inactivity. I realized that my replying...
A game for the brave. For others, nothing to see here.... The three coins below are claimed to be diobols of Messembria. At least one of them...
I have said that cleaning and collecting are two different hobbies. There is another related hobby that I do instead of cleaning. That is coin...
Pishpash posted the tale of her Reunion with a coin lost and then found. Below is my shameful saga of a coin sent away and later restored to my...
Doug's Ten Favorite New Purchases of 2015 Disclaimer: I have hard enough time selecting ten coins without getting too specific over the exact...
Zumbly's wonderful post on 2015 favorites under $100 inspired this variation of that theme. My $100 idea was from 15 years ago when you could get...
We had talked about TIF style quizzes as a coming attraction (distraction?). Would there be any interest in this sort of thing based on my new...
I'm not trying to get the set of these (there are a couple of really rare ones that make that a bad idea) but I could not pass up this one from...
My new coin came today from Beast coins who is selling smoe from Reid Goldsborough's collection. It appeared on his fourree owl page and I had...
My two silvers from Baltimore are, as usual, not high grade but what I consider high interest coins. Neither of these made the cut to bump a coin...
My Saturday in Baltimore only produced five coins but I spent more than ever before at a show. Ill show the three bronzes here counting down from...
Several threads mentioned we have a lot of new participants both amateur and pro. This made me decide to make one more try promoting a page I...
Another new one from Friday's show is the Class C follis as usual overstruck on a Class B. The undertype shows at obverse right as part of the...
It has not been long since we last visited Alexander here but that thread long left coins so I'll start another. I have a few Alexander coins but...
I started collecting ancients when in high school. By 1974, I had over 150 almost all Roman of the first through third centuries AD. The birth...
I find participating in CT educational. Sometimes you learn something new; sometimes you are reminded of something you had seen before and might...
My local Library has a sale each Fall where they dispose of donations received that they choose not to put in normal circulation. Last week I...
You have to like a coin that knows its own merits. This Khusro II (MR year 35) is labeled on the obverse border APD or wonderful (some translate...
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