[ATTACH] A Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins by Q. David Bowers (Foreword by John Frost). Whitman Publishing, 2019. 386+xiii pages. $29.95. A...
For a small book, Curious Currency delivers a lot to think about. You may know that Roman soldiers were paid partially in salt; and that is the...
A simple question for collectors led to the discovery of a lost fact: the first coins struck by the Denver branch Mint were half dollars produced...
The previous topic got noisy with irrelevancies. May we begin again and stay on topic with "Numismatics and Vexillology"? [ATTACH] From Civitas...
[ATTACH] For most people, Nova Roma is a LARP: a live-action role-playing game, like a Renaissance Fair. Legio XXI Rapax is their active army....
[ATTACH] (These popped up somewhat off-topic in the Hungarian Inflation thread here. See HotWheelEarl's post #41 and its precursors.) These...
Look, they are all special. Every number is unique. As for the ones that people want to pay $100 for, I am not impressed. You can be illiterate...
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Few of the big name detectives are associated with much. Nero Wolfe, Miss Marple, Nancy Drew, even Sherlock Holmes – all failed to produce any...
So humble, so small, so hard to buy anything with (now), but it was a phone call or a streetcar ride or a newspaper. Even in my day, it was a...
La Cointessa has a new post about a silly offer on eBay of 1700 cents in a jar for $1000. Seems obvious. But we all make mistakes. Last weekend,...
During World War II, Canada included a patriotic message on its 5-cent coins: We win when we work willingly. The slogan was in Morse code, flush...
Ancient Joe's "Parameters for Your Collection" alluded to an interesting problem. "A recent trend in US coins has been more minimalist,...
Although Republic of Texas “red backs” are well-known to collectors, the pay warrants for the Texian navy and marines are truly scarce. I bought...
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This one is pretty typical for the kind. [ATTACH] ' I found this one in a dealer's junk box for $5, recorded it and then gave it to our Public...
Thanks! Great advice. I am reading Bower's Morgan book, and have the Modern Dollar book on deck. Also have Mr. Bressett's beginners guide....
Inspired by the topic threads on Drachma and Denarii... Money serves all needs, even the smallest purchases or the wages of the poorest...
I do a lot of walking, preferring not to drive for an errand under 2 miles. The other day, I found a cowry shell, then another... and a third......
How is your local club? What do you all do? When I got interested in numismatics in 1993, I joined the ANA, the Michigan State Numismatic...
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