Does physics have a future? When Sir Isaac Newton published the Principia, London was a town of 600,000 with a median age of about 22. Infant...
I found a bio on the ANS site associated with a "box" of materials he donated, notes, photographs, etc. Other searches turned up some journal...
Myself... over the years, over the decades... and I admit that I am not a collector (I write), but I have to say: SAVE YOUR MONEY!! DON'T BUY...
It opens the door to a lot of humor... On the plane of reality, however, we have seen these kinds of errors in the past. Back in 1999 or 2000,...
Cool! But since 1984 was 30 years ago, and the average factory wage in America has been about $15 per hour over that time, the mere half million...
Halloween 2010 Ann Arbor: [ATTACH] I gave out coins and banknotes to the kids and stock certificates to any adult dressed up. Halloween 2001:...
Today, October 22, 2013, George Fuld, D.Sc., was laid to his final rest. He passed on October 19. Fuld is best known for his work as a researcher...
Yesterday, I found this on the shelf at the University of Texas Library. It is amazing what still circulates. [ATTACH] I bought this in Ann...
I caution against haste. The cookie-cutter theory seems implausible. If you look at the actual wear on the obverse and reverse of the coin, it...
Well, yes, I get the point, but actually, handy standard guides do exist. The David Sear books - Greek Coins and their Values, Roman Coins and...
"Coins are history you can hold in your hand." At least that was a famous motto from an early National Coin Week. The thing is, with US no one...
I agree with John Anthony. I am not much of a collector myself, but having written about a dozen feature articles for The Celator, I had to...
Larger than life! A book too big to scan!! This 10 by 12-inch coffee table book is a perfect holiday present for your non-numismatic friends. If...
My information on the Ag-108 is different.
Thanks! I am preparing an article for my libertarian comrades on the risks of unregulated markets. In my seven years writing the "Internet...
Well... I dunno... My research into the history and purpose of these markets is that they exist for the primary producers and consumers. Anyone...
Doug, yes, I know the classic coins of Kyrene and the iconic silphium. The tree in question does not look like the pictures I found for...
Certainly. In American numismatics we call them "evasions." The economics of minting made coppers pretty much a loss for almost everyone who...
Well, I was going to tell the story to go with the pictures, but the link to the Oak Ridge Associated Universities is posted above:...
n=10; Mean= 3.85; Mode = 3.95; Median = 3.935 But I agree that you know when you know. A few years back, J. P. Martin came to the annual...
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