The Christmas Star has been debated on many levels. The International Planetarium Society website (ww.ips-planetarium.org) lists over 100...
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was more than the most brilliant man of his time. He was the first modern scientist. He discovered the physics and...
These are not even non-circulating legal tender, just trinkets and trifles. Really, it's fine, I suppose. Let the markets decide what sells, and...
According to Geraldine Chimirri-Russell curator emerita for the Nickle Art Museum of the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, certain series...
From: Numismatic Crime Information Center <doug@numismaticcrimes.ccsend.com> on behalf of Numismatic Crime Information Center...
We do not do much with these here. Over the years, we have had few discussions, and most of them were thin. 2011 did not go anywhere...
Anyone? I work for an engineering firm and we play with magnets. (Drop a disk magnet down a copper tube and it will float to the bottom...)....
The topic of stamps came up elsewhere. Aside from the passions that connect all collectors, stamps and coins have much in common. We know that...
In the future, we will recognize money created by individuals, rather than by organizations. Individuals such as Taylor Swift, Bill Gates, Warren...
In a different topic, this came up. More precisely, it is orichalcum. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. Orichalcum is a mix of copper and...
I attended only on Tuesday and Wednesday in order to give a talk in the Sundman Lecture Series on "The Future of Money." Tuesday, I checked in...
Complaining about the 2021-CC Morgan (which does not yet exist), the point was made that classic designs have more appeal than the mere...
And... I do not have any. The closest that I can come is this Spanish Dollar: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Lest anyone should suggest a "Continental...
This comes up regularly here. If you put "Photograph" or "Photography" in the Search box and limit it to "Search titles only" you will find very...
A librarian recommended this to me this afternoon. Does anyone here know the show? The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their...
We were in Traverse City, Michigan, last weekend. It was a family event. On Sunday, we went shopping downtown and stopped in a Oryana Co-op to buy...
Pleasure & Profit (Second Edition): 100 Lessons for Building and Selling a Collection of Rare Coins by Robert W. Shippee, Whitman, 2019, 318 +x...
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SIX CAESARS OF THE TRIBUTE PENNY by Michael E. Marotta Sellers of ancient coins push out Roman denarii struck by Tiberius on the theory that...
[ATTACH] A Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins by Q. David Bowers (Foreword by John Frost). Whitman Publishing, 2019. 386+xiii pages. $29.95. A...
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