Hey guys... nice to see you all again. I haven't been around for more than a decade. I'm getting into collecting again. Here is my first new...
Thanks for all the responses! I was an ancient history major in college (I guess "classics" is too old fashioned for the 21st century) so ancient...
Great, thanks!
Hello, I am new to ancients and saw this coin for sale online. I am no expert, but something smells fishy. The art just seems.... cartoonish?...
My friendly neighborhood brick-and-mortar coin shop owner got some pre-Euro notes in and stuck them in his bargain bin. I'm a sucker for the...
Sweet find!
Whoa! Fantastic. Thanks for the info, I'll research its history after work! Nice coin, by the way.
What does AE3 Bronze mean? Is that the denomination? Any idea who could be on the obverse or why the back has Greek writing if it is a Roman coin?
Hello, I recently was given this coin. I am not an ancient collector, but would like to know more about it. The coin appears to be made of...
Thanks for all the information, everybody!
My house is definitely interesting. I looked into the history of it and found out the builder and original owner was named William Fowler. I...
Hello, I was cleaning my basement out (house built in the 1890s) and I found these in an old mason jar with some nails, bolts, and other odds and...
Here is a neat UK military note I got yesterday in the mail... nothing special, it is similar to our American military payment certificates. In...
Funkee - can you still detect traces of viruses even if the virus is no longer viable? It would make an interesting conversation piece to be able...
I am a lawyer and one of my first cases was trying to argue that canine sniffs outside of a car does not lead to "reasonable suspicion" because...
That is an interesting question.... I thought that modern bills were contaminated with cocaine because of people using the bills to physically...
The 1909-S V.D.B. that appears in the photo in the opening post is absolutely gorgeous. I love the toning!
I posted this theme in the currency forum earlier this evening, but it got me thinking: I've only been to one museum that displays coins: the...
Gsalexan - any idea why? Too much liability to insure?
That's a good point... I have never been to a really large show. I should make an effort to do that this year if I can get time away from work.
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