In an upcoming auction at Heritage auctions, there is coming up for sale an "Intact Roman Provincial Hoard." I'm not going to comment on the...
If you get the chance, look at the recent catolog: [ATTACH] 2014 January 14 - 16 Selections From the Eric P. Newman Collection Part III...
I have frequently admired the ability of experts in Ancient numismatists to decipher the sometimes scant evidence to better understand Ancient...
I see PCGS is now doing "coin restoration." http://www.pcgs.com/restoration/ Of course, NGC has been doing that for some time. I'm not sure...
As I'm developing my thoughts about this series, here's the article: It was perhaps these unstable and unhappy times that prompted Decius to...
Any insight or opinions appreciated about the bottom medal. (The quotes are from An Introduction to Commemorative Medals in England 1685-1746:...
Later on in April, Heritage auction will be offering individual pieces of a large collection of Goetz medal hubs. Any insight? What do these go...
Here's what I presume to be a Third Century Romano-Egyptian tetradrachm with Serapis on the reverse (year 2). (Not my coin). Can anyone better...
This might be the ugliest MS63 coin I have ever seen: [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
This might be a question for the English / British early milled copper coinage people. I understand that early English milled copper coinage...
Of course, the labyrinth was an Ancient structure built for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its purpose was to hold the Minotaur, a mythical...
This subject was broached before and I quickly dismissed it as too futuristic. I'm not sure anymore:...
(Here's an early rough draft of an article I might post. Thoughts? Criticisms?) When I saw this 1714 medal of George I of Great Britain, I was...
I know this coin (a 1684 tin farthing) is rare, but VF 35? Really? :eek: [ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
Gold ones are too darn expensive And nice and shiny are just OK. The US ones just don't move me. So give me chocolately delicious almost any...
Are these fingerprints on the coin? If not, what could these lines be? This coins was graded MS 64. [ATTACH] guy
Any thoughts?: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/09/x-rays-reveal-secrets-roman-coins?INTCMP=SRCH The rotating images built up from...
Just a shout out to those of you I met there. [ATTACH] We survived, but the weather was certainly crazy. Nothing like 100 degrees, raging...
Although I don't collect coins, I love the history behind the coin...or in this case, the medal. Here is an interesting Queen Anne medal whose...
How is this coin actually slabbed? :eek: Serious question. [ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
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