You've misunderstool the definition. It doesn't say that to be a coin a piece has to spell out the exchange value on it. It just says that the...
Of the definitions I've seen, I think the one in Webster, Second Edition, makes the most sense: "A piece of metal (or, rarely, of some other...
Knowledge. Nothing else better protects you from ancient coin forgeries. It also helps in other areas of life too. :) Forgeries are an inevitable...
The large cast Olbia cast bronze Medusa coins are very nice. I had considered buying one, but so far I haven't been able to justify their cost....
I bought a pretty nice Miletos 48th stater at the Baltimore show this past spring. It's the last coin displayed on this Web page:...
I like your turn of phrase "thinking inside the square." <g> I know relatively little about early Chinese coins, just that ... well, I'm now...
You can't use a book about Alexander coins of two mints to learn about the mint marks of Alexander coins in general, which were minted from 82...
Thompson's book says nothing in response to Ian's question -- the meanings of the thousands of different mint control marks on Alexander's coins....
This obviously is how money evolved, but it's not necessarily how coins evolved. It's important to distinguish between the two. All coins are...
Price is the best Alexander reference. But I don't think anybody can explain the meanings of the thousands of different mint control marks on...
Good post, except your "we" doesn't conform to any known "we" when it comes to the purpose of the first coinage. It's not true that "Today, we...
Your first coin, according to Price, is a possible liftetime issue, meaning it's not clear whether or not it was minted during or shortly after...
That would take a lot more time to find, since you haven't provided a mint. The reverse symbol is is a caduceus, and at least ten Alexander mints...
For attribution, as long as the scans are large enough in terms of pixel size, it doesn't matter much if you're using a scanner rather than a...
Your scans are still too small to see much of anything about your coins. This could be a posthumous Babylon issue, though the reverse is pretty...
Two coins. The Owl is nice. The scans are too small to see what the surfaces look like, but it appears to be a nicely toned aEF, or eBay EF+. <g>...
I'm virtually everywhere, despite my best intentions. <g> I've actually been here since Coin Talk first started, though not so much lately. To me...
Market value is a factor of both supply (rarity) and demand (popularity). Both are overrated, in my view. Go for what interests you, not what...
I don't see any problem with discussing "most beautiful." If you want to discuss "most interesing" or "most historical" or "most mysterious" or...
The Athena on Alexander staters changes just as much as the Nike on coins of different cities and periods. Sometimes Athena is masculine looking,...
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