I have a few coins that than inked numbers and agree that it would be most interesting to know where they were when inked. I do not hold the...
Impermanence was the subject on my Wabi-Sabi page. These were coins that gained some interest through things that happened to them that may or...
When I was in college (class of 1968) we were taught that 'Homer' was not one person but a class of travelling entertainers who recited...
My favorite Classical is this Hemilitron of Syracuse. Tiny Treasure! [ATTACH] " Everything else: Ryro you ignorant slob, you missed my favorite...
I have no criocamp but this is a hippocampus (the better of my two hippocampi). [ATTACH] Now a question to which I do not have a certain answer....
Tone really can make a coin, no?
I was going to say that face doesn't seem right for this guy BUT looking at my 'normal' one, I'd say this was a very stylized period for Antioch....
I'm sure it takes a while to get used to cutting a new face. Overheard at the mint: "He can't possibly have THAT big a nose, can he?"
Coin Talk seems to go in cycles. There have been periods where we see nothing but AE1 folles; then we see nothing but Republicans. We have...
This is the 'Laodicea' style. [ATTACH] This is Rome. Yours is Rome also. It is a style thing. [ATTACH]
Related but distantly??? Is it possible that this is a lifetime coin but honoring her with a different use of ΘΕΟΝ? A similar thing comes up when...
The series honors all the major gods. This is Mercury. Sear is not a complete listing. Anyone who writes a book claiming they missed nothing is...
This coin type has always bothered me. If that is Homer and Homer is blind why does he have a scroll? Braille? On what is that ID based? 'Homer'...
That would make it better in one sense but I fear that it would cause another problem. At shows I hear people say, I got that but I did not bring...
Yes, I know you enjoy working for a living but I suspect you could go full time issuing CaCa stickers to those who value a third party opinion. I...
I know everyone knows you can do a word search on Google but did you know you can also search for a photo? For example, the image below is the...
Part of this problem is caused by computers or, rather, the lack of skill of people using them. In the 'old days' we saw a listing on a paper...
This is not important here. The seller can choose not to handle any coin under a certain price and many fine gentlemen use this business model....
I would not only cancel the order but make sure VCoins and Time Machine know why and why you are telling the rest of us about this. If I were a...
I just typed in "ancient greek and roman coins" and Google places us both on the first page. What happened??? That was the name of my site in...
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