Réz = copper pénz = money Based on what is in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Béla_III_of_Hungary ), Bela was an adopted member of the...
My interests are in research. Last week I spent 20 hours over four days at the State of Texas Archives reading the burser's inventories and other...
See the previous short replies #4 and #10. The story of the Confederate Half Dollar is very well known in US numismatics. Four were made. All have...
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If you are interested in the coin and want to own an original, they can be a bit pricey, but considering that these are all essentially museum...
Thanks for the links in your sigline. I went to http://www.brianrxm.com and read the articles and features in "Coins in Movies" and "Coins on...
The surfaces are "soapy" with very small bubbles all across. The devices, the image and legend are "soft." Even if a coin is worn from use, all of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Mostly, writers of mysteries are not much better than the people who worked on Scooby-do. In these two books, the coins are...
Few of the big name detectives are associated with much. Nero Wolfe, Miss Marple, Nancy Drew, even Sherlock Holmes – all failed to produce any...
So humble, so small, so hard to buy anything with (now), but it was a phone call or a streetcar ride or a newspaper. Even in my day, it was a...
The coin is a modern cast replica.
I believe that we have evidence of celators working for different cities.
It would be a downer of a movie, but it would play well in Iran if you made Shapur the hero.
(If I may ask, what is your goal with the "12 Caesars"? Do you want one of each as a denarius or a complete set of all issues in all metals? Are...
How well can you draw a human face? It is a skill that you learn. Obviously, talent counts, but "talent" is often just opportunity. You father is...
Thanks for the perspective. I never considered it that way. You enjoy a hobby on your own terms and your post gave me an insight into the ways...
Thanks for the clue. I had no idea. The ANA should pay whatever it costs to bring her to a convention. Her and an IKEA designer with a huge...
You surrender your labor unpaid in post after post... In this thread...
Youth and adults are two different markets and the dealers of today will be gone by the time today's collecting youths return as collecting...
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