The most recent pre-pandemic snapshot of the page on the Wayback Machine states the following: "The Pratt Study Room is located on the first...
Well, according to this description, the book has 21 leaves of plates, which certainly suggests more than a few dozen coins: Title The coins /...
I wonder if the book I cited above about the coins from the Dura-Europos expeditions, published by Yale in 1949, has details on all the individual...
Beautiful! Do you know what the control-symbol is supposed to represent?
I believe the institution's (and, more specifically, the Art Gallery's) intentions are good regarding the integrity of their practices, but they...
It's perfectly OK to poke fun at Yale -- I was joking. And yes, I did have a lot of fun there -- albeit not the kind of fun most people associate...
Good points. All joking about leaky basements aside, I'd be very curious to know what kind of records Yale kept over the years about the specific...
I don't understand what, if anything, you're implying by your last sentence. What exactly do we all supposedly know about Yale's integrity?
I would argue that if the coins (like any other artifact) were recorded to be part of a museum's or university's collection and are found in...
What's the matter, @Ryro, did you go to Harvard or something? I'll have you know that although I have degrees from both institutions, I went to...
I wonder why they didn't include the usual purpose of a coin cut in half.
I believe he's saying that there's only one review on Amazon (there are 5 copies available). To wit: Top review from the United States Breck...
Interesting. Although from the quoted definition, it would seem that single coins, even if made of gold, aren't supposed to count as "treasure"?...
Thanks; I get what you're saying, and I agree with you that I wouldn't want a whole lot of coins with this particular look. But I think one is OK,...
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