Last year I opened with a possible Volga-Bulgar imitation dirham as my first purchase of the year. Oh how things have changed in a year! I even...
I couldn’t think of a better time to look back on last year’s additions than on this gorgeous January first 2021. 2020 hasn’t been the greatest...
My most recent arrival is part of why I love Cointalk and chatting with fellow collectors in general so much! Sometimes you see someone post a...
In preparing my top 10 list for this year, I realized a fair few of my favourite purchases of this year fell within my subcollection of late...
It has been a while since I made my last post here! I have shown only two of the coins I have bought so far this year. Life has kept me busy and...
January 2020 has so far been one of my least successful months of collecting ever. I ended 2019 on a couple of highs, but a busy school-schedule,...
As some of you might know, my collection is mostly divided into two sections. One contains exclusively Chinese knives and spades, while the other...
I am selling a couple of things that no longer fit in my collection or have been upgraded recently. Quite a wide range of things, so who knows,...
This past week, one of my favourite local coin auctions was held. They often have nice lots of ancients, where at times true bargains can be had....
As some of you might know, my collection is basically split into two different sections. My primary focus is on archaic Chinese spades & knives,...
A while ago, my favourite dealer in Chinese coins published one of his roughly bimonthly pricelists. The Chinese part of the pricelist only...
A tad bit late, but Santa also dropped by here in the Netherlands! And lets just say he has quite the taste. It is hard to capture a true-to-life...
After sorting through the lot of Republican bronzes I purchased a while ago, I found myself increasingly fascinated by this area I, up until quite...
During the same auction I got my recent Ptolemaic purchase from, I also acquired this nice lot of Roman Republic bronzes (plus a single silver)...
While following a local room-auction online, this lot popped up. I had initially not paid any interest to it, but as it hit the block, I was...
A new purchase arrived yesterday and I couldn’t be happier with it! [ATTACH] Warring states, State of Zhao. Ca. 350-281 BC. Small square foot...
Quoting @Mat from a recent topic, I too thought I would remain a CNG virgin for quite a while. They usually don’t have any Chinese coinage from...
For sale: a nice Anglo-Saxon penny from the last real Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor (1043-1066). An important historical ruler, as well as...
Imagine a 2300 year old cutlery drawer: [ATTACH] (Side-note: This has to be the most satisfying photograph I’ve made all-year ;)) I got these...
I recently picked up this Hemidrachm in a lot of 40 greek coins from a reputable German auction house. Both silver and bronze coins were included,...
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