Thanks for the nod, Bradley. Yes, I have some of my own. [ATTACH] And others. [ATTACH] Thanks, also, for the link to numista. Like with Marie...
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As the vice president of the Austin Astronomical Society, I get to invite speakers. With Covid and Zoom, we stopped handing over certificates of...
Yesterday, I delivered a presentation via Zoom for the ANA 2020 Convention that is not being held. The talk has been posted to YouTube [MEDIA]...
How much will people PAY for coins? That is the real indicator. This happened in the 19th century and it happened in both directions. There were...
At least start with the online authorities. https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/california-fractional-gold-1852-1882/1659...
Fake. And not even a good one. Fractional California gold does exist. Much about it remains uncertain today. After researching and writing on the...
USA Today Fact check: Yes, there's a national coin shortage. Here's why As the spreading coronavirus and resulting business closures crippled...
I just updated my About profile on a different site entirely where my username is Hermes. Here is my new avatar there. [ATTACH] From this:...
What impressed me was the perfect typing. Also the "early" Remington is a QWERTY. The first typewriters were arranged in alphabetic order. It took...
I posted a link to the E-Sylum weekly email of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. They are a group that others here may like to know about....
Thanks, Jamesicus. You gave me something to pursue. I miss the Trajan font that used to come with Word. Herculanum is not as elegant. I recently...
Thanks! I followed the story of the Zanj Rebellion via Wikipedia (of course) but also Medievalists.net here:...
Old guys remember the old days. They just forget what it was really like. First, back in 1968 what kind of computer did you use to log in to your...
I remembered that, also. It was easy to find a reference. [ATTACH] Google Books. A Survey of Primitive Money: The Beginnings of Currency By A....
I am not sure what you mean by that. Any coinage was accepted pretty much anywhere until the modern era of hard national boundaries. Even so, when...
See "Curious Currency" by Robert Leonard, reviewed here on CoinTalk:...
If you want to collect them, several holders are available. [ATTACH] Case legends on irradiated dimes. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF ATOMIC ENERGY...
By all means, neither do I, even though I often write in short, declarative sentences. I think that the entire thread here is interesting and...
Before you go to a microscope and camera as a single instrument, what kind of lenses are you using now? We have had these discussions here often....
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