Determining the fineness of silver or gold by measuring specific gravity is an ancient technique. Vitruvius gives an account of Archimedes testing...
^^^This. I completely agree with Joe's reasons for not allowing the vetting of auctions with direct links, and there are a handful of very good...
It does point out the eventual necessity for bona fide coinage in commerce. The very concerns we have about it today, namely weight, fineness, and...
You've acquired some very nice colonials lately, well-done!
Ok, thank you.
Impressive collection, sir. Well-done! Are the 2010 SMS issues in bronze, or plated?
Whodda thunk? :) However they're not dated by year, but rather by titles acquired by particular emperors. Many are not dated whatsoever.
Very nice! It looks totally wrong.
And I probably wouldn't be satisfied with the abundance of bag marks you find on a typical MS62 - I'd want a gem grade, which means I'll probably...
I've seen those before. Maxim Shick has all the good stuff, but how could you even begin to verify the authenticity of those things, short of...
P. S. - I want me one of those Saints too, but it'll have to wait. Too many mouths to feed at the moment, lol.
Probably, yes. However, the vast majority of my coins happen to be Roman!
You're confusing your numerals. Roman = MCMVII, Arabic = 1907.
No great shakes, but I'm still poking away at my small cent type set. I bought a few 2009 mint sets for the SMS bicentennial cents. Cut a few of...
No, vice versa. Roman numerals spelling out the date were used on the early high-relief strikes. When they lowered the relief, they went to arabic...
A discussion of Biblical coinage doesn't need to be religious, any more than a discussion of US coinage needs to be political. Just sayin'...
In the case of Delilah, shekel refers to a weight, so there is no discrepancy. However, the author of Chronicles, writing during the beginning of...
There are anachronisms in the Bible, but to answer the question in the first post, the shekel was originally a unit of weight. Only much later did...
A very nice example Randy. I recently came across this coin, with a dramatic double strike... [ATTACH]
Recommended reading on the subject... http://www.amazon.com/Money-Bible-Kenneth-Bressett/dp/0794823890
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