Shipping from overseas can be slow. But new tax collection rules in the UK, EU and US have made buying some coins impossible. Dealers must now do...
My latest purchase is uncommon enough that you might never have seen one – mainly because you weren’t looking. British Iron Age bronzes aren’t...
Much is said about George III’s failure to supply small change to the masses at the turn of the 19th Century. It was discussed in this excellent...
I’ve already posted my top 10 ancients https://www.cointalk.com/threads/john-conduitts-top-10-ancients-of-2021.390602/ but there aren't so many...
This was meant to be a frugal year for coins, but the never-ending restrictions have given me more to spend. Who can resist that temptation? These...
I thought I'd celebrate the upcoming festivities in the traditional way - with some seasonal coins. Or failing that, coins I'm able to tenuously...
Last week, Spink held the second (and final) pair of auctions of The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins. Dr Abramson is a well-known...
Historically, the ‘London Mint’ has not been a single entity. Instead, it covers everything from Londinium to Saxon, medieval and Tower mints....
I have a bit of a conundrum. What is this coin? It was described in the auction (Spink, not eBay) as a 'contemporary forgery or limes denarius of...
I almost missed Dix Noonan Webb’s auction of ‘the Collection of Samuel Birchall of Leeds (1761-1814)’. As is usually the case with such...
I recently added a couple of James I ‘Haringtons’ to my unplanned but growing collection of Stuart-era farthings. These little copper coins lack...
I recently received a couple of choice Mongol dangs, which aren’t insults but coins from the Golden Horde. Little is said in ‘the West’ of this...
Last week, Spink held the much-delayed auction of The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins. Dr Abramson is a well-known expert on early...
Along with Wild West outlaws and Georgian highwaymen, pirates are the violent criminals we love. Influenced by fictional characters like Long John...
Often a coin’s description ends with a comment such as ‘Rarity: 3’ or even just ‘R3’. Almost as often there’s no indication of what this means....
Only a week into the New Year and my only resolution – not to buy coins outside of my main interests – bit the dust. I have no other ancient coins...
Happy New Year! Well, in Russia at least, where 14 January is ‘Old New Year’, since the Orthodox Church still uses the Julian Calendar. As if...
I’ve already posted a Top Ten Ancients of 2020, but I’ve also collected a few younger coins – where 1561 counts as younger! Other members’ lists...
This is my first top ten. 2020 was a good year for coins if nothing else. I was trying to think of what else. ‘Working from home’ was about all I...
When I started collecting Roman coins, I was impressed by how many I emperors knew. I can barely name a dozen British prime ministers, and I’ve...
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