I just finished a book and thought this quote might be appropriate for today: Douglas MacArthur, at the age of 82, after receiving the highest...
I don't collect RR, but I agree that they are both beautiful coins. I love older pedigrees and I also have a coin which, as your "new" specimen,...
I was outbid on lot 240, a stater of Kition, Cyprus, which was estimated at GBP 1000 and sold for 1,400.
I like this full figure portrait of a nude Poseidon, preparing to hurl his trident, and it's from a city named after him! [ATTACH] Poseidonia,...
In this thread and others, it has been discussed that NGC does NOT guarantee authenticity. I was viewing youtube videos on ancient numismatics...
Thanks to the later postings I now have 35-1/2 [1/2=TIF;)] in my gallery of forum members. The photos with older parents make me nostalgic. My...
[ATTACH] Kyzikos, Mysia, EL stater, 450-430 BC, 19x15mm, 16.09 g. OBV: Youthful Dionysos reclining left, on the back of a panther moving to...
[ATTACH] July, 2014 - me in front of the Colosseum:
I just saved the 31 photos of forum members and now I can see who says what!:cool: I'm disappointed in TIF though: once she appears in profile...
Brother, but not twin...15 months younger than me.
This promises to become one of the longest thread in Ancients Forum history! Here is my family at Dillon Beach, CA, a favorite gathering spot for...
Ahhh, TIF, everyone here was hoping to see your smiling FACE! Pishpash, Johndakerftw, and our other ladies...COME ON DOWN!
Alright! Good to see ya, Bing. The old fogies are finally showing up. :oldman:
My daughter Brittany and me in Cabo San Lucas in 2009 . Brittany turns 30 in a couple of weeks and is excited whenever a new coin is acquired....
That is hilarious, Steve! You called it a "defense," but it's more like they just fall over and say "kill me, please!":rolleyes:
I got it and it seems to be an inordinately angry and insulting reply to something which was intended humorously. o_O
I was collecting Bust half dollars when I went to the ANA Mid-Winter in Salt Lake City in 1986. Suddenly I saw a silver coin with an elephant...
OH NO! New Windsor Bill, are you also known as CLIO?:jawdrop:
Only collecting...I'm too old to travel to shows all year long...:oldman:
OP = original post, Ken, the one you started this thread with. I voted 20 years. I bought my first ancient in 1986 and started dealing about two...
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