Today the postman brought me three packages of coins. All were ordered on different days but the difference between where each started made all...
I am experimenting with placing photos of my entire collection (ancients, mostly) on a (my wife's, actually) Nook HD reader. I quickly discovered...
This post is to be sure those who might care are aware of an in-progress resource on ancient coins called Coin Project. At present CP has a bit...
[ATTACH] I have begun working on a new page for my website. I'm not yet certain enough where it will go to advertise that but I am looking for...
Today the mail brought what I consider an amazing envelope. Amazing not so much for the contents as for the fact that I bought the item from a...
Today I got (won, bought or received) four new (to me) Falling Horsemen coins of Constantius II. They were $5, $10, $16 and $132. One is an R2...
I know there is one person here that might like this one but I'll post this here rather than as a PM. What I learned since this coin arrive this...
One of the problems I have is letting go of coins when I get an upgrade version. When I bid on my new coin I thought my old one was a different...
My trip to the coin show at Baltimore turned up several coins I considered special but I bought a few just because they were half decent and...
These four Coins of the FEL TEMP REPARATIO series came from the Baltimore show last weekend. All are welcome in my collection but one was...
The Baltimore show Saturday provided several opportunities to talk to old friends and even a few souvenirs of the day. These are the Republicans...
http://esty.ancients.info/numis/rarity.html Newsflash: The above is only about 11 years old so it is breaking news when compared to ancient...
With ancient coins there are just too many things to consider when deciding if a coin belongs in our collections. I have always been bothered by...
It struck me as odd that I stopped getting email notices of new posts and private messages but I discovered that I had notifications for the last...
I don't have as large a library as some (maybe only 1000 pieces???) but I have some I really like so I'll start a thread to promote a few you...
On December 20, I ordered a book (Hartill, Cast Chinese Coins) from Amazon books and selected their free Super Saver Shipping. The computer...
I always wanted one of these. There was a common practice in antiquity of a powerful ruler requiring subservient neighboring kings to send their...
I had decided not to drive three hours to the Baltimore show this weekend because I had just seen some of my favorite dealers recently and was not...
Earlier today I posted a question on another online discussion group and was a little shocked at the response. The question was to what degree we...
Tonight's offering from my new additions from the show Friday are both antoniniani of Probus. Many collectors would not want both of these coins...
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