Gordianus III. I no longer have the coin. I bought it from Littleton in 1973. I returned it. Now I know that it was OK for what it was, but it...
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Anyone ever play "Liar's Poker"? Instructions 1 Give each player a set of numbers to play with. This can be from the serial numbers on...
How much would you pay for a dollar bill with 23513347 for the serial number? ( 2.35133469 is the cube root of 13. You don't find that...
This applies to everyone: http://www.michigancoinclub.org/ethics.html We, the members of the Michigan State Numismatic Society, pledge ourselves...
The Michigan State Numismatic Society has one code of ethics that applies to everyone: dealers, collectors, investors, researchers, exhibitors,...
This is a few years old now. I saw it go by on some technology news forum or other and bought a couple for my wife and me. It is from LaCie and...
When buying or selling from either side of the table at a club show, local, state, or national, I always consider it a peer-to-peer transaction....
How do you scan them? We have been through this several times in recent years. The newer your equipment and the newer the note, the less likely...
That must be 0.9 gram, 9/10, almost 1 gram. 9/100 of a gram would blow away. That must be 0.9 grams, just shy of 1 gram. 9/100 of a gram would...
Love the Victoria, Max! As we have mixed world with ancient and as I have posted my ancients, here are my worlds. Also, apologies for the...
Very nice! I have fanams. I had not thought of them, though... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ABDERA 550-515 BCE Hemi-drachma 0.33 grams d=5 mm Two coins....
Like X115, did not start until I was 40. Like most of the others here, I am a baby boomer, born in 1949. But I did not collect coins as a kid....
I searched back through the topics for "Counterstamp" and read the most recent threads through. Basically, coins were counterstamped for many...
I know that is what we say. It is the common story. I just wonder if it is true or not. At the wage level of 1860, $5 was more like $500 today....
BTW, we all know that the question came up because the fact of the two coins circulating at the same time seems to violate "Gresham's Law." In...
Why? I mean, it is a nice coin and all, but what makes it special? (If I may ask. Just curious....) Mine: Electrum from Miletos, about the time...
Numismatics has its own vocabulary: cent for penny; strike for stamp; coins are not tokens; die chatter does not create "double dies"; and so on....
Well, I had to stop and think about what FH, FBL, and FS mean... Myself, when I grade a Type I Standing Liberty Quarter, I do not look at the...
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