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I don't know if we have catalogue collectors here, but building a Roman Republican research library has been a parallel hobby of mine to...
I posted a coin in a thread a few months back that Doug Smith astutely asked if it was a fourree. I didn't have access to the coin until today to...
My dad gave me this coin a few years back and told me that Joel Malter told him that it was a Paduan. I don't know jack squat about Paduans or...
I purchase this coin yesterday in the Heritage auction. I knew it was an old collection coin and I spent some time looking for it's pedigree...
I see that CNG 102 is now online. As with the most recent CNG eAuctions, there are coins from Tom Cederlind's estate which CNG appears to be...
This is sort of an interesting die that I haven't ever seen other than on my coin. Note, there's only one sailor on the galley. Volodya once...
According to Roman Provincial Coinage, "Cabellio (Cavaillon) struck a silver coinage under the governorship of Leipidus in 44-42 BC. This coinage...
As a kid, I collected US mint errors. I still have the collection today packed away someplace in storage. I remember asking my dad, who...
On a parallel thread there is debate about the value of searching for provenances. While some of the value may simply be intrinsic, there is very...
This is one of my favorite types. The official coin is an issue with Domitia on the obverse, but I also have the great fortune to own an...
I bought this little guy at the San Fransisco coin show in December and it came from an older collection apparently formed in the 1970's. It has...
I'm a provenance hound and find that searching for old provenances significantly extends the enjoyment of the original "hunt" for any coin. I...
I just received this coin which isn't going to win any beauty contests. The picture is truly better than the experience in hand. I bought it,...
I was talking with Victor England from CNG over the weekend in San Francisco and he mentioned something to me that I have never heard before or...
I actually am appreciative that one of the major coin grading services has a dedicated ancient service that serves the needs of a market that...
Roman Republican moneyers, probably in an attempt to liven things up a bit from the traditional and repetitive Dioscuri types, would use symbols...
Does anyone know if the San Francisco coin show is on this December? It used to be during the Summer and then in December, but the most recent...
I've got a coin that is extremely rare (R9 in Sydenham) and has likely circulated for 150 years. Phil Davis has got one that's virtually perfect,...
I'm sure I'm not the only one here to have a collection focus that has a beginning and end in what can be collected. Mine is Roman Republican,...
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