Can you combine yarn and ancient coin shows in one trip? My trip to NYINC 2025 and my wife's trip to Vogue Live NYC was just that. We saw our...
An interesting 1 Uncia (૪A) scale weight arrived today. It has letters on the top and side. I need some help translating the letters on the side:...
Which way is the dolphin swimming in these cast bronze coins? You get a different answer if you align the casting sprews or the lettering...
I attend several local coin clubs and one has a coin quiz with prizes and your name placed on a board. This question was asked at the last...
A friend sold me an ancient coin at a local coin club meeting. It was in a flip with no info. The obverse has a man with a scraggly beard & head...
I picked up some interesting coins at NYINC in January. My wife paid me back by finding lots of yarn at Vogue Live a week later. Some pics from...
I picked up a coin weight made from a LRB (late Roman bronze coin). The seller said: circa 5th-7th centuries, a square coin weight made from a...
This year has a variety of treasures. The order of all but #1 could change depending on how you value rare vs pretty and coins vs scale weights....
I drove 5 hours in 100+F temps to see a currency bar (a bucket list item). The seller's photos and description made it look interesting, but it is...
I am interested in a lot sold in a Gorny & Mosch auction in 2006. It is heavy and would be the largest item in my collection at 66 pounds. I have...
A friend sent me the following pic and note. Any help would be appreciated. I guessed modern fantasy Crusaders medal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The note...
I attended the 2023 NYINC and Vogue Live Knitting (for my wife). We have done this before in one trip. This year it took 2. I brought home some...
DM me if you are interested in helping test a coin web site. I spent an hour last week, via zoom, with a systems student testing (is it debugging...
I am looking at a Byzantine coin weight called a Tetarteron. They were to check the weight of reduced weight Solidi issued by Nicephorus II in...
I have a scale weight with letters I do not know. Rectangular weight with symbol. 5.85 grams 13.6 X 10.6 X 6.0 mm Can someone here translate...
Anyone watch the Oslo Myntgalleri of Oslo Norway? It had some interesting coins. For me the highlights were cast bronze. An aes grave decussis...
I had a good day watching the Roma E95 auction. I was interested in several lots. I do not remember if others have posted Roma coin wins here....
One of my favorite RR coins has plenty of problems. It is off center on both sides, but it shows the shrine of Venus Cloacina, the Sewer Goddess....
I picked up a scale weight in CNG e511. It is different than others I have seen. It looks like an equal arm balance weight that was converted to a...
I am headed out tomorrow to the ANA National Money Show in Colorado Springs. Anyone here going? I did not go to the NYINC this year. This is a...
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