It's not my coin. I was only window shopping.
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Ok, thank you. I guess it's just a great strike.
Something odd about this coin - it's crispy in a strange way... [img] [img]
Nice, Ripley! I finally figured out your collecting goal: a type set of every coin ever minted by every culture in all of history.
Stevex is usually very congenial and friendly. Maybe he was in a bad mood last night. Maybe his wife told him to quit buying coins and start...
Debasement is an age old story - this coin is a modern version of what the Romans did time and again - dilute the denarii and antoniniani until...
Better pictures would help - we could do an accurate attribution. I don't think they're fake offhand, but a good clear close-up would be very helpful.
Well, they're certainly nice coins, 007 - I'd be happy to own them myself. And welcome to the forum. Stick around for a while and you might get...
You're right Doug. It's not funny. We all know who really created ancient civilization. [img]
We've all read about Agrippa's illustrious military career and understand that without him Caesar Augustus would never have risen to and...
I suspected as much.
You can't buy an island with only a mil or two, duh. :p
Nice thread. I like the euphemism "uncurrent money" on the Alfred Robinson piece.
That's a beautiful display Jerry. Underwoods were the most popular brand among those old clackety typewriters. We had one when I was growing up...
It was a big deal when word processors came out. Oooooooooh! Star Trek stuff.
Well, Meshorer's Qedem 3 finally arrived in the post today. I've definitely got my reading cut out for me. :thumb:
Back when I was in college, we used typewriters and notecards. And we LIKED it!
At least you broke even. A lawyer friend of mine ruined his life with gambling. By the time he was done, he was half-a-million in debt, lost his...
The important technique is to keep track of your research so that you don't have to look up all your sources when you've finished a paper. I had a...
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