Very true about JC changing the course of world events. This is one area I do not believe the Romans were given enough credit by most. We like...
Cool idea OP. I like how coins can take us on virtual vacations any time we wish. :) Living in Minnesota this is a real blessing, maybe that is...
What is this "duplicates" of which you speak? I mean, I have many examples of the same coin, but I label them as example 1a, 1b, 1c..... I have no...
My biggest Justinian is about 43mm, but most are around 38. 26 is a good sized half follis.
Interesting how they demonstrate the inflation in that short period. They are the same denomination, but Justiniiaj about bankrupted the nation by...
Very true. I like the man, as much as you can like a Roman emperor who has been dead almost 2000 years. However, how he got suckered in with that...
Mighty kind offer, but since I am diversified in farmland, PM, little bit of everything, I don't think I will need to take you up on your offer....
OTOH, to paraphrase some cheesy pseudo philosopher, "there always is another coin". Every time I get all mad about losing a coin, another comes...
The OP's coin looks like it has some serious scratches on the reverse, but am unsure if those are cleaning marks or what. Still, there appears to...
Crossed swords, arabic dating, I was going with Saudi Arabia, but with the 1979 date and the dove I am guessing Egypt.
I don't think the eye has been tooled. They made eyes like that frequently. Nice pickup, lucky I didn't see it. :)
Use it as a learning opportunity. I read many world coin threads I wasn't terribly interested in, but learned. Learning about any coin cannot...
Aw bummer, I thought it was a brilliant idea. Pretty similar to today, a man cannot take a pee without some government agency looking for money.
PCGS price guide is meant for only coins graded by PCGS, (even then the prices are quite high). Who in their right minds are going to spend all of...
Brilliant. The imposition of taxes do best when placed upon items with inelastic demand. Vespasian was a brilliant administrator! Not many things...
Yeah, I find myself being drawn to these some as well. I just picked up a couple of late crummier ones on Ebay, but two really nice ones from the...
If a coin is only token value, as nearly all copper coins were in antiquity, isn't the amount of metal only for illusory purposes? I mean, you...
I don't see how the Fed budget should necessarily have anything to do with your state. Of course you can always research your state plan yourself,...
I would agree with Doug. Absent "accumulated knowledge", this is what the good books on the series is SO useful for. A good series book will go...
Btw I didn't mean to be overly argumentative EricL, I just dislike the use of the term semitic if the person really means Jewish. I dislike how...
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