Inspired by the topic threads on Drachma and Denarii... Money serves all needs, even the smallest purchases or the wages of the poorest...
I do a lot of walking, preferring not to drive for an errand under 2 miles. The other day, I found a cowry shell, then another... and a third......
How is your local club? What do you all do? When I got interested in numismatics in 1993, I joined the ANA, the Michigan State Numismatic...
Just to kick things off (being a fan of the works of Ayn Rand)... [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] I was awarded this for teaching a computer operations class to our Officer Candidate School. I am enlisted (E-5 petty officer 2nd...
Confiscation: Gold as Contraband 1933-1974 by Kenneth R. Ferguson was a pleasure to read. Ferguson writes well. I met Ken Ferguson in person at a...
For one thing, they are two academic studies that even today are advanced importantly by amateurs. In this thread, I am keeping to Astronomy and...
This image from from a bank in Austin, Texas. A couple of months back, someone posted an image from San Antonio, but I cannot find that now. And...
I bought Schwann and Boling World War II Remembered. I still need a copy of Schwann's book on MPCs. (Fine from Ken Hallenbeck at Irving ANA)...
Obviously, I like CoinTalk, but every week on Sunday night, I get the E-Sylum mail list from the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. The NBS is the...
I will be attending, arriving Thursday afternoon, staying at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas. I am speaking Friday morning, and leaving...
At a local show, I found a nice coin. This diobol of Teos, c. 320-294. It is identified as a diobol but the dealer did not provide a weight. It is...
Sir Isaac Newton was Master and Warden of the British Royal Mint for 30 years. The Royal Mint issued a commemorative this year and I treated...
This is a book for the experienced collector to give to a favored child at Christmas. It is great if you are new to the hobby. Discussion boards...
Whitman Publishing is the leading producer of products for coin collectors. This year, they released a new entry in the marketplace, their Search...
Toning is chemistry. The silver or copper in the coin reacts with sulphur in the environment. "Artificial" toning (so-called) is often applied to...
[ATTACH] The U.S. Mint has produced - and continues to create - an astounding array of beautiful coins that even knowledgeable collectors miss....
At the Dallas ANA convention last week, I had the chance to meet the guys from Banknote Central (www.banknotecentral.com). They sell a "software...
At the ANA Convention in Dallas, I met BLUCC PHOTOS who participates here as Blu62Vette. At the show, I only bought three small coins, and I paid...
Dallas, March 1-5, 2016. I am attending the 3rd, 4th, and 5th. This is from my article about the show on the ANA website under...
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