Teos diobol Gryphon / Chelys (10.69 mm long axis; 0.89 grams) 320-294 BCE "Interesting mis-strike: this piece has been struck twice, the flan...
Asking US$ 5900. Still no buyers. But, then, no returns allowed, either. Is this thing real at all? I mean, I know that it is called a "restrike."...
Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher who took up military duty on the frontier, and Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom as well as strategy in war....
I disagree, rarity can overarch condition. For decades the Sears Greek Coins & Their Values plate coin for the Athenian Decadrachm had a hole at...
Mint marks and errors once had no value. Not too long ago, "first strike" and "early strike" meant nothing special in the market. Once upon a...
I have been collecting $1 notes and writing Excel spreadsheets to look for squares, cubes, and other special sequences. It so happens that Pi...
Well, that's fine. I actually agree with your major premise. "How can you collect that junk?" is the wrong view. And it is not just the material...
I was going to pass that up but reading it several times, I think that your first point struck home with me but only because it contradicted the...
Care to go head-to-head on that in another thread?
Before the invention of Roger Burdette, Barbara Gregory suggested that I write an article for The Numismatist about Peace Dollars. It was just an...
That is interesting. Grading is an important aspect, of course, but yours was the first admission that it is a distinct pleasure in its own right....
Of course. My mistake. I should have just left it at "several semi-keys."
Thanks. That speaks to numismatics broadly and allied or related fields more generally, such as stamps or books. Clifford Mishler...
Thanks for the reply, GD, and for the doff of the hat. I was thinking of the individual hobbyist, rather than the hobby per se. As far as I know,...
I think that she meant something more personal. If you collect, say, Buffalo Nickels, and complete the collection, do you stop entirely, or do...
Thanks for the replies and interesting points. I work long days that start early. So, I did not get back to this and right now, I can only reply...
Just for myself, I feel that nothing kills the hobby for an individual, but, rather, each person must find their own avenues of enjoyment. If you...
My other hobby is astronomy. Many hobbyists call beginner telescopes "hobby killers." They feel that the 3-inch refractor or 4-inch reflector is...
13/20. Been away from Rome too long...
Not this one, but see this post https://www.cointalk.com/threads/your-coins-and-other-people.352212/page-3#post-3958254 about another coin from...
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