Coma Berenices in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_Berenices (Note that the temple later given to Aphrodite was originally for Arsinoe...
Thanks! I caputured screenshots of the original title page and Sir Charles's nice color map. I will tip them into my copy. The imprint OI stands...
I found this in the garage today. Then I read about Sir Charles Fellows in Wikipedia. The work is apparently from 1838. [ATTACH]
Thanks for your post. When you said that the Mint actively withdrew the Type I, my thought was that the standard changed, but the weight and...
Thanks for the clarification on the dollar. I do not know much about it. I just checked the Red Book (Mega 3rd 2017) for mintages and relative...
I don't know where people here are getting their histories from. We all read a lot of it. But we also know that assertions get repeated from...
Actually, it goes back much further than that, but I will reply fully in a different topic. Give me about an hour; then look for "$2.2 Trilliion...
In the late 19th century and early 20th, once the germ theory of disease was accepted, hotels would wash your money for you. When the incuse...
I remember actually having wallets with coin compartments. We do not see them much in the USA, but this handy razor fits in your wallet, [ATTACH]...
Obviously, I agree. Bierly really digs into the details, among so many, just the motto itself. We accept "In God We Trust" because it is the...
To respond on the matter of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, as much as I agree that prayer in tax-funded public schools is contrary to our traditions...
In God We Trust: The American Civil War, Money, Banking and Religion by William Bierly, Whitman Publishing, 2019, 336 pages, $29.95. This book...
"A couple finds today." My wife and I are looking for yesterday and tomorrow.
Allow me to pile on... It was John Gault, not Galt.
Very nice. I am reading the new book by John Bierly, In God We Trust: The American Civil War, Money, Banking, and Religion. BTW: It was John...
Great article. And nice tie-in to the Federalist Papers. Excellent. In the words of Hyla Troxell: "The start of the League has often especially...
Outstanding scholarship! You should submit this to a magazine and get paid for it.
For paper money, the proper terms are "face" and "back." We do not use the coiner's terms "obverse" and "reverse." (Just sayin' because I had to...
I was looking for archaic silver and it was medieval specialist Dr. Andy Singer who handed this across the counter and said, "Sometimes gold can...
Well, this topic was opened up to all musical instruments... But as focused as we all are on the tiniest details, we should straighten out our...
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