There is a lot of important research that has been done on all three of those series by Francois Thierry at the Bibliotheque. Many minute...
Looks like Mazzard 1304 has the denomination 10/ CENTs and date below, 1302 has 10 CENTIMES and date in wreath. I can check the reference Monday.
You want the BCD reference? You got the BCD reference (at least for Thessaly): BCD Thessaly I: http://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/nomos_04_proof BCD...
The practice of contracting out minting work has been extremely common since the rise of the Soho mint in the late 18th century. Even the US has...
I think these are different editions. I would recommend the 2002 volume. It is the only work that identifies the manufacturers of the various...
The main reference for all pre-20th century US tokens is Rulau, Standard Catalog of US Tokens, though many continue to cite the earlier catalog of...
The earlier Liberian coinage is actually interesting to me. A collection of types issued until, say, the 1940s would make for a very attractive set.
The problem here is where you draw the line. The Bank of England countermarks? Sure. What about VOC countermarks, the Dutch East India Company?...
And for the record, I love coins with identifiable collector's marks. I also love that many collectors hate them - it keeps the prices down!...
The amazing part is that a chopmark and a countermark are the exact same thing. A chop mark says "this is good silver, it can circulate here." A...
Pretty much! You know those big, pretty auction catalogs that you get in the mail sometimes? I write those. And I get to see some absolutely...
Where does a coin cataloger fall? It's not exactly retail.
I've been quiet lately, so I wanted to share this neat piece I picked up a little while back. I got it from the spring Classical Numismatic...
Closer to $225 would be a more suitable price, in my opinion.
I don't think this show has existed in the past. I might check it out, if you want to carpool.
I don't think there's a better catalog than De Wit for a broad selection of medieval coinage. Unfortunately, there is no one standard reference,...
The first is a Byzantine solidus of Maurice Tiberius, the second a tremissis of the same emperor. Both look fine to me from here.
Selena, it is not real. Trust me, I work for a major numismatic auction house that specializes in precisely this kind of coin. I see hundreds of...
The coin is most assuredly not real. The style is so vastly divergent from the official issues that I would assume some bazaar merchant made it...
This is the earlier "Money of the Bible" holder and it is COMPLETE BS. Trust me, it does NOT add any value and, as medoraman said, detracts from...
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