Hi Everybody. I'm Gavin. I teach classical and medieval lit at a small liberal arts university in West Tennessee. I like bagels and coins of...
I just got an email from a Nigerian prince. As soon as we work out our little financial arrangement, I will be able to buy all the coins I want!!!
So despite having collected ancient coins for over 15 years, in many ways I am quite inexperienced when it comes to more sophisticated aspects of...
Can you educate me on what RPC is? (I told you I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to provincials!) I think it's rather interesting that these...
Completely agree. Unfortunately this student is being taught by a man with a terrible track record with bronze disease. I did scrape it with my...
I'm an English prof at a small liberal arts school, so I get to teach courses such as world literature. Obviously I spend a good bit of time in...
[ATTACH] So after finishing the Iliad last week, a student came up to me and said she had a Roman coin and wanted to know if I wanted to take a...
I got the following FORUM ANCIENT COINS member auction lot late last year for $28 shipped, including the scarce unlisted Constantine at the...
[ATTACH] So every once in a while I will post a coin on Facebook with a little write-up for nonspecialists. I got this one in this week from...
There are lots of queries of this type in the CoinTalk archives. The summary form is that quality uncleaned lots are difficult to find these days....
Thanks everybody. Beefer is right. And it was 50 English pounds--I thought that was too easy! According to Jeff Bremer, “Settlers often used...
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Here's the transcription of the above, FWIW: Know all men by [these] presents that we Silas Richardson & Martin Richardson are held definitely...
That suggestion makes a lot of sense, but in another document I find it handwritten. This time the symbol looks clearly like a British pound sign....
Hi Folks, I’m an ancients collector, but I need help right now with a reference to early American money. My question is not necessarily about...
RECEIVED THIS EMAIL THIS MORNING: Dear All, >> >> It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that there has been a burglary at the...
My Lord. I never knew there were snakes at the top of the reverse.
Interesting. You should check out Pergamena. My class was on a strict budget, hence the cheaper goat skin. But Pergamena has a host of price and...
Excellent paleography info. I took paleography at the University of Illinois as a graduate student. Our final exam, essentially, was to adopt a...
Maybe I'm thick, but I did not get that definitive assessment from Doug's post. I think Doug said he couldn't tell one way or the other from the...
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