@dougsmit: Actually Jon Kern was there as well. As you know he has been slimming down his operations recently. Still doing a lot of shows but I...
Hello All, I went to the Central States Numismatic Society show here near Chicago yesterday with a friend who wanted to go. Normally CSNS is a...
Well what a train wreck that was, at the beginning at least. Nice to see the right result come about. As for Zurqieh well I guess it gives me...
Well I heard of the concerns too. I have never tried to scrape my coins to see if it is sand added or paint (God, I really hope not). I've...
A few plugs as well: Curtis Clay at HJB, Josh Moran of Civitas Galleries, Kenn Hollister of Moneta Numismatics, Mark Reid of The Time Machine....
It really is nice when dealers are both accessible and nice. It's weird, the way some act you would think that they didn't want any money.
That's a really great pickup Orfew. I have never seen that type before. I thought I would have to only buy the travel series to be interested in...
Wow, Bing that is an impressive bomb to drop on us. I have seen these around a little bit but have never pulled the trigger. Nice details in the...
Thanks Bing, Alegandron and Mat. I appreciate the compliments. I only posted about one third of my haul when I looked at how long the message...
Hello, I was at the Chicago Coin Expo, the inheritor of the dealers of CICF two weekends ago. I bought an unattributed bunch of Greek coins as a...
ANYONE who uses a "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" reference deserves 1M likes in my book.
I think in a sense we are all a bit on the misfit side, Erin. I haven't spoken with you much but from what I read in your posts, you seem kind...
Coins, rocks, comic books at like 4 lol. More so at 7. Hiatus in teens (girls). Ancients at 36.
I was also invited here by a friend. I think Mat might be getting paid by the person. I am fond of this site and the people in here. I am...
Pretty sure the first is brain coral. The second could have many different colors inside. You can break it if you like and check it out. Or saw...
So another friend gave me some more references for this coin, all in the vein of what TIF was driving at. RPC I 2560 SNG Munich 107 Imhoff LS 4...
Sorry, I forgot to put the diameter in the OP. It's 15.0mm. Which puts it in the realm of many AE coins with the Athena/owl combo. I agree that...
I think the white mineral is scolectite. It gets sold at a lot of mineral shows because it comes from India cheaply with other zeolites. But it...
If you like Roman coins like this, there are a lot to choose from for most Emperors. The great thing about these bronze coins is that you can...
Nemo, thank you for the pics and the history lesson. Great to tie the two together for us.
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