I too have a database with detailed info on each coin and similarly maintain number-coded records. The trouble is, if something happens to me (or...
I have an example, which (a year or two after purchase) I discovered was the plate coin in Sear, History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators....
I strongly suggest adding provenance information to the tag, which could be important to future owners or at time of resale. You could put this...
Buying a coin that connects with you in some way is the best possible "first coin" purchase, IMHO. Not at all impulsive in my book, at least not...
acsearch has also been adding old catalogues to their database. I'm not sure how large their database of old cats is, and the hits seem...
Precisely why I recommended more general works. The two century collecting period also lends itself to general works.
There's currently 2 in stock at Amazon for $77 each. You've not been looking very hard. :smuggrin:
General reading on Roman Coins: 1. Sutherland, Roman Coins. 2. Kenneth Harl, Coinage and the Roman Economy. 3. Kent and Hirmer, Roman Coins...
Very well done!
Great overstrike @red_spork that you were lucky to acquire. I say lucky because I know of two other RR collectors that were seriously considering...
My first thought was also dolphin, and that was BEFORE I reviewed the list to see that dolphin was listed. I can't imagine why an animal leg...
As a kid collecting U.S. coins, I recall a trick we used to induce toning was storing silver coins in yellow (manilla) envelopes. I think the...
@AncientJoe I fully appreciate your minimalist strategy - avoid repetition, maximize diversity in the trays, free-up resources for other types etc...
I have this desk companion made to scale, and lots of nearby shelves that bear a striking resemblance in content to @Valentinian shelves. [ATTACH]
I don't know the circumstances of this particular coin type, but as collectors of ancient coins we are always at risk that our rarities will...
RIC vol 3 uses CC for very common, C for common, S is scarce, R rare, etc. Thus @Roman Collector coin is not very common, though also not rare,...
@Roman Collector , in your excerpt, RIC 1650 is an AE As, but you describe your coin as an Oricalchum Dupondius. I find no Dupondii listed for...
Have you emailed your thoughts to CNG? Better to contact them so they can withdraw the lot, if fake, than to post it here.
I voted Coin B. Better surfaces, perfectly-centered, great provenance and an interesting type.
Quite the contrary, the United States (my home) is regularly being asked to enter into memoranda of understanding with source countries to impose...
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