I will be attending, arriving Thursday afternoon, staying at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas. I am speaking Friday morning, and leaving...
THRACE, ABDERA Tetrobol OBVERSE: Griffin springing left REVERSE: Magistrate's name around linear border, within which head of Hermes l.,...
Thanks! I took a screenshot for my \Teos folder under \Numismatics. Again, more humor. I read DougSmit's post on his coin and added that as soon...
Yes, I did a lot more research that I did not report here. I do have that listing in my records. I did find it humorous, but honest: "collapsible...
At a local show, I found a nice coin. This diobol of Teos, c. 320-294. It is identified as a diobol but the dealer did not provide a weight. It is...
Actually, I was looking at the Native American commems for this year, The Code Talkers. It comes packaged about the same as the Royal Mint's...
America has no shortage of scientists and other savants, but we tend not to honor them. For a nation of autodidacts, we also have a strong...
Newton versus the Counterfeiter is worth the time and easy to find. Thomas Levenson's Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career...
Sir Isaac Newton was Master and Warden of the British Royal Mint for 30 years. The Royal Mint issued a commemorative this year and I treated...
This is a book for the experienced collector to give to a favored child at Christmas. It is great if you are new to the hobby. Discussion boards...
ANA members have access to all 125 years of The Numismatist online and searchable. FireFighterRyan3 says that he likes "coins you don't see any...
Allow me to add my thanks for your excellent scholarship. If I may add a footnote, Alexander the Great's mother was an Illyrian. He lived among...
You need an education in numismatics that is beyond a simple chatroom. The ANA holds two conventions a year, seldom near Rhode Island. But you...
I call "Baloney" on this. When someone asks "What is wheat selling for?" instead of pointing to the Chicago Board, you say "Get a Random Number...
Working for Coin World, I attended an ANA Official Auction and one of the dealers there had five price guides spread out: Red Sheet, Blue Sheet,...
Allow me to caution you against Reid Goldsborough's website. On the upside, he does cite and quote respected authorities. The downside is that he...
My Owl. Authenticated by David R. Sear. c. 430-420 BCE. GCV 2526. goodVF. [ATTACH]
That's nice. I am secular myself, but one time about 20 years ago, I gave a talk at a local church and they invited me to join. I was living in...
One key feature of the Challenge Coin - perhaps its sine qua non, its defining characteristic - it that it is unofficial. In the article that I...
Well, I equivocated, using (at worst) "weasel words" because - as I said quite plainly - I am of two minds on this. I said that I appreciate...
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