Another thread showed the idea of video of ancient coins so I had to try it. I will be trying more someday - hopefully better. Who else has...
Another crummyo_O Doug coin (you have to read all the threads to understand all the comments): My next Baltimore refugee is an as of Augustus of...
Another Baltimore coin that I have always wanted is the denarius showing Trajan's father seated with legend DIVVS PATER TRAJAN. Trajan was...
My first coin from my Baltimore group is a denarius of Geta Caesar with a reverse of Minerva standing. This reverse is a bit more frequently seen...
As was mentioned in another thread, there are so many dealers and so many coins, there is no need to shop where people make shopping difficult. I...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/getting-more-even-lighting-in-coin-photos.297527/ Theodosius posted the above thread that got me thinking and we...
http://www.nbc12.com/story/35593918/man-reunited-with-lost-coin-collection I was just watching the local news and my eye was caught by a short...
I was cleaning out a pile of old papers and ran across one I printed out from an online source I was not certain would still be around when I...
Last week we were treated to what turned out to be an 11 page discussion on the first coin purchase by new member LaCointessa. Quite honestly, by...
The last half of tonight's HBO half hour news magazine Vice discussed the question of modern art (mostly Andy Warhol) whose original works were...
My newp arriving today is a tetradrachm of Philip I from Alexandria, year 3 (August 245 - August 246) with reverse showing Serapis seated left...
Every so often we discuss coins here that were struck from 'billon'. This term is applied to an alloy of silver with too little silver to be...
Having shown the 'special' coins from the show, I'll go on to the ones I might not have bought but they just looked nice and I am compulsive at a...
We might ask ourselves why we buy a coin. That is my life story. This one is a type I lacked but I have couple others that are similar. It is...
My third damaged goods from the show is a travel coin but not what you are thinking. Understand that I do like Hadrian's travel coins and my new...
Most Janus / prow asses bear generic faces but Sextus Pompey issued this variation with the features of his father, Pompey the Great. At least...
The Richmond VA show yesterday was staffed by the usual suspects who brought more coins than usual or at least coins I could tolerate. Today is...
Today's mail brought four coins I bought as a group lot. I don't usually go for lots when they are illustrated only with one photo showing a pile...
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/neros-banquets-baiae/3411/ If you have not seen the PBS TV series Secrets of the Dead episode on Nero's Sunken...
Why is a question that rarely has a really satisfactory answer. That is why toddlers trying to get on parental nerves ask it so often. Today I...
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