During hyper-inflation these low denominations would have been worthless. Notgeld was only used mainly early on during the war and it was mostly...
Actually the vast majority of these Meissen porcelain coins were never meant to be circulated and were minted as novelty and commemorative...
With a few undergrad courses in Art, Art History and History and advanced course in a master's program = Advanced degree in Numismatics or...
Think a little distilled water soak would do wonders.
I was cleaning an ancient coin from an uncleaned lot, it was very small but good detail...it fell into the drain and because it was so small it...
Crazy old Nappy III
I just got a coin I ordered before my birthday, July 15, yesterday. It was coming from Germany though.
Very interesting article as usual. She must have been perpetually pregnant. That poor over worked womb. :)
I tend to agree save to say that to some it is a hobby, but numismatics is not a hobby, it is a field of study, really no different than art...
Love that Augustus reverse.
I was in Scotland on business when a guy from the office took me to a game and I was hooked. What is great is that the US now has a rugby league...
Rugby...I think everyone was really just working up to Rugby being the greatest sport. ;)
My mother is a genealogist. She went to university to get a history degree and used what she learned about research to research families. I got a...
While I agree that it seems to be men, probably older men, who are most interested in numismatics, I do not think it is because of any...
I read several short write-ups of Luigi Giorgi's life and one more comprehensive one and no source said how he ended up making dies for the ROC....
Interesting choice and interesting and pivotal time in history. In the end it came down to who Yuan Shi Kai would throw is weight behind. My...
I meant to post this here. The link below is a small pamphlet / publication called 'War is a Racket' by a man named Smedley D. Butler (Old Grimlet...
Wow...this still has not arrived. I just tracked it and it said it is still in transit. I posted this thread on July 18th.
Lovely works of art in this thread.
Oh yeah, completely forgot that I minted my own version of this coin awhile back LOL!! I am away from home for a week and I only have the front of...
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