It takes just two people to bid something up big time. Interests can be obscure and relatively unique. Every once in a while, however,...
I claim no numismatic knowledge or expertise. :p This, however is what was written at the Heritage site for a lower quality similar coin that...
Nice reverse. guy
Back to the coin in question: The year 1672 is very important in Dutch history. By 1672, the English under King Charles II joined the French in...
:secret: Shhhhh! Wait till I get the ones I want. British halfpennies are still relatively inexpensive: [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
I don't collect coins, but I do "accumulate" world coins from certain eras: UK (1688-1837, the Glorious Revolution to Queen Vic.)...
Agree. I despise registry sets and I have little interest in US coinage. This, I gather, is CU's strong point. For me, Cointalk is the place...
If I had more time (also money and energy), I would delve further into the history and numismatics of the French Revolution / Napoleonic era....
I believe in the law of unintended consequences. I am much more a fan of Edmund Burke (or David Hume) than I am of Jean-Jacques Rousseau....
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Although I don't collect coins, I do accumulate them to better understand the period of Roman history...
This technique may allow better assessment of the coins of a hoard found in a jar, for example, without disturbing the original order of placement...
Any thoughts?: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/09/x-rays-reveal-secrets-roman-coins?INTCMP=SRCH The rotating images built up from...
Selling fake ancients? This must be the reputable source for the coins: [ATTACH] guy
Not meaning to go off topic, but at what point were these coins determined to be fakes? I had heard that only one of the coins were thought to be...
Ask stamp collectors. guy
Just a shout out to those of you I met there. [ATTACH] We survived, but the weather was certainly crazy. Nothing like 100 degrees, raging...
Bravo :hail: Without knowing the history and the personalities behind the coin, one is just collecting chunks of lifeless metal. Knowing...
I didn't want to wade into this, but NGC seems better (makes fewer obvious mistakes) on foreign coins. This is probably because NGC has been doing...
It must be a typo. Size is everything. :devil: That said, it's easy to make a mistake when coins are similar looking, but different in size and...
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