Much of this is subjective, of course. Syracusan coins are often considered the most beautiful the world has ever produced. It's so often repeated...
You devil you. Why, I agree. Amazing. Amazing coin too. I like Owls as well. Both Alex staters and Owls are considered by most to be more central...
I just meant that nothing is completely safe in terms of preventing toning, except perhaps for the Intercept Shield holders, which are designed to...
Sounds like it would be safe enough, though perhaps not a very attractive way to store coins? I've heard you can do the heal sealing with safety...
Polypropylene is safe, from all I've heard. What is not safe is soft PVC.
For newcomers, the best bets are the newsstand coin magazines rather than the coin newspapers, which are more for industry insiders, dealers, and...
That's exactly what this method can do. All you need to do is take a picture of a coin from several different angles, maybe four or five. You...
It strikes me that coin animation on the Web is an underutilized tool, something that could be very useful. One use would be to show a coin at...
IN A NUTSHELL: With coin holders, it's largely, "To each, his own." But each type of coin holder has its advantages and disadvantages. And you...
Oops. I'm moving some stuff around at different hosts. Here's the new URL for this page: http://rg.ancients.info/lion
Here's a coin that I believe is the first true coin: http://rg.ancients.info/lion/pic.html It's a Lydian third stater, or trite, minted c....
Thanks. It's fun to share. And it's fun to show off too. <g> Sometimes showing off is seen as a bit of a tawdry motive, I think. My main motive in...
Lydian trites Just created a page about Lydian trites: http://rg.ancients.info/lion
I misspelled Barry's last name in my post here. It's Stuppler, not Suppler. But I just corrected it, which is another good thing about this...
Do you believe the ANA (American Numismatic Association) should promote the interests of collectors? It has a history of promoting the interests...
Here's something (long) I put together earlier about this: We buy coins to look at them, and the coin holder through which we look can greatly...
Let's see if this works. One of the strengths of this Web site is how it easily lets you include images along with your messages -- click IMG,...
Actually, I've gotten very, very few criticisms about this post about the grading services, here or elsewhere. This is all mainstream stuff, as...
I just received word that the above is not correct. The correct URL for TCGS is http://www.tcgs.org. Their Web site indicates that there is more...
Sorry about your mother, Michael. You didn't cite any EXPERIENCE though. And that's my point. "Expertise" without experience is Ivory Tower...
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