Thanks for reading the post everyone. I best enjoy numismatics (and possibly the only time) when there is a connection with history. guy
(Here's an early rough draft of an article I might post. Thoughts? Criticisms?) When I saw this 1714 medal of George I of Great Britain, I was...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Gotta love those Queen Anne medals. guy
The fact that Vittorio Emanuele II insisted on "the second" (instead of the more appropriate title of Vittorio I for the first King of Italy) did...
Nice coin. I've frequently referred to this simple, but helpful chart when trying to keep the relationships among the Severan family...
Geez. They guarantee attributions? And how do they do that? Would they pay the poor kid who potentially could spends hundreds too much on this...
Thank you for recognizing the uniqueness of this coin. According to The Standard Catalog of World Coins there were only 12,000 minted. The more...
Honestly, I could care less about US coins. Since I accumulate coins (rather than collect them) to help me better understand history, I prefer...
If I can give one piece of advice: Learn the history behind the coin; otherwise, it is just a chunk of cold and lifeless metal. This site is...
The reason I study numismatics is that it gives me a better appreciation of the historical periods that interest me. Tuscany was one of the...
All through Italy, there are many streets named after Garibaldi and other heroes of Italian unification; e.g., Cavour, Mazzini, etc. There are...
One day I'll write a post on the struggle of Il Risorgimento (Italian unification). For those who know Italian history and culture, Italy is not a...
I know this coin (a 1684 tin farthing) is rare, but VF 35? Really? :eek: [ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
Ancient Doug wrote a very readable description of the purchasing power: http://dougsmith.ancients.info/worth.html Here is Harl's more...
The edict of Diocletian predated Constantine by a few years, but this might be helpful: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/edict/...
I'm too lazy to repost: :smile http://www.cointalk.com/t214588/ guy
Gold ones are too darn expensive And nice and shiny are just OK. The US ones just don't move me. So give me chocolately delicious almost any...
:eek: [ATTACH][ATTACH] Maybe not. guy
Minted for general circulation: [ATTACH][ATTACH] Proof: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Well put. That said, I always wondered how coins from "original rolls" can get AU. I can understand no-grade...maybe. I imagine even the...
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