Great gold coin (guinea) of James II. In the last few years, I've focused my amateur studies on the "Glorious Revolution" and the intense English...
Such great examples of a more obscure empress. Mine is just a lowly Alexandrian tetradrachm. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coins. I appreciate those coins that force me to review the less famous emperors and empresses....
I can't believe the cynicism. Of course these coins will be carefully researched, documented, cataloged, published, preserved, and made available...
I've been enjoying the culture and social life of 18th century Britain for the last several years. On that theme, I've been savoring this book:...
(Please delete if repost.) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7218629/WWI-bomb-teen-explodes-riddles-50-pieces-shrapnel.html Paul Aiden...
I'll take the other side of this debate. Despite being a non-coin collector (but someone with an interest in ancient history), I appreciate...
I guess he didn't "take it with him."
I wish you great success with your study of the Stuarts. They are a very interesting, but mostly dysfunctional bunch. As an interesting aside, I...
I appreciate your work and interest in this time period. I like the website, also. In recent years, my favorite period of time to research has...
I greatly admire those two Stuart sisters Mary and Anne (the two "ungrateful" daughters). Don't get me started. We have much to be thankful that...
Thank you for that interesting website. http://www.farthingshalfpennyerrors.com/ The above link found in the website looks like a helpful...
As we begin another year (2019), I enjoy seeing coins ending in the last two digits of the new year. Here are my contributions to the new year...
This painting by John James Baker depicts some of Britain’s greatest nobles and politicians of the early 1700s studying coins and medals....
Can't say I'm a big fan, but Napoleon's impact on the history of Europe is undeniable. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I would send it to NGC for grading. A nice AU coin could easily go for $1000+. There must be an interesting story about how she got this rare and...
Yours is a nice example of the much rarer 1815 20 L (mintage 12,000).The more common 40 L has a mintage of 220,000. Here's an example of a graded...
Rome's "Third Century of Crisis" is always a fun and challenging area for review. Thank you. Here is my contribution to this thread: the...
I was recently doing some research about the Roman Legionary fortress of Inchtuthil in Scotland (Roman Caledonia). This fort was the advance...
Too funny. I initially deleted the Walpole reference. I didn't want to go off on a tangent. I reinserted it, however, so your post makes more...
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