Of the thrills awaiting me at a small local show Friday was this Republican denarius of C. Vibius C.F. Pansa. I am probably the only one who...
I bought this coin this week mostly because I did not have one like it but it brought up a point some here might find interesting. The seller...
http://dougsmith.ancients.info/grade.html My old page on grading ancients was based on the theory that the traditional system (G-VG-F-VF-EF)...
http://dougsmith.ancients.info/dielink.html I posted an update to my old page on die links as used in ancient numismatics. This would be of no...
I decided to address some problems I have found on some of my old web pages and was never sure where to start. The first one done was embarassing...
As mentioned previously, I have posted a sequel to my 2001 page detailing a visit to a large coin show in Baltimore. The page will be of no...
... 23 of them to be exact. I rode the charter bus up with the group from the Richmond Coin Club ($50) and bought coins between $5 and $30 each...
A recent question on another section of CT renewed my interest in shooting coins in 3D. Most coins have so little relief that this is not worth...
Can someone provide a link that shows this coin type without the countermarks? 25mm 9.81g Failing that, do I have the right sides up?
A trade brought my way a few coins completely unfamiliar to me. This halfcrown of Charles I has several problems including clipping and there...
How would one go about determining when a countermark on a token/coin was put on the coin? Recently this one appeared on eBay without making...
What do you call a nickel that shows the three separate sections of the bases of the four columns?
I always wanted one of these but since there are only a handful in existence and the average one breaks a half million, it was not going to...
http://coinindia.com/fifty-coins3.html If you are at all interested in ancient coins from places other than Greece and Rome, you should check out...
I suppose the coin is always the main part but I always enjoy getting evidence that a coin once spent time in a collection rather than just dealer...
I have finally received my first new coin for 2011. It has a less than pretty green patina but looks better in hand than in this photo so that...
My postal carrier just brought my last coin of 2010: Constantine II with reverse Claritas Reipublicae and Sol. Let me take this opportunity to...
One of the questions that makes the stomach queezy for some of us old time ancient collectors is, "How do I clean my coins so they look bright as...
US collectors have been known to pay extra for minor die variations but this relatively rarely bumps up the price of ancients even though the...
For comparison, I'm showing two coins of the common falling horseman type bought this week on eBay. As bidding would go, they each cost within 50...
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