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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 1821990, member: 57463"]Actually, you are probably best served by the online community. <a href="http://www.ancients.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancients.info/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancients.info/</a> is a service of the Vcoins.com sellers. The homepage there links to many other free collector sites. If a story comes up in the mainstream media, someone posts it there, or, really, here, also. I mean, CoinTalk is one the most active general forums for numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might be able to program your own news search engine to alert you.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for "the latest" I find it challenging to keep up with the past. I mean, just reading back issues is illuminating.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have my own couch, also, but it depends on where you live. I have been fortunate to have been in East Lansing, Ann Arbor, Columbus, and now Austin, where huge university libraries carry the academic periodicals for numismatics. If you join the American Numismatic <b>Society</b> in New York City ($95 per year), you get the <i>American Journal of Numismatics</i>. The British Numismatic Society is £32.00 per year and gets you the <i>British Journal of Numismatics</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, <i>The Celator</i> folded last year. For over 20 years, it was the leading magazine for collectors of ancients. </p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA's <i>Numismatist</i> does carry news about ancient coins, but mostly common stories from the mainstream media and their publishing cycle is 90 days, so you can have found it first on CNN or MSNBC. That said, <i>The Numismatist</i> does have regular columns for both Ancient and Medieval numismatics, as well as frequent feature articles. Basic Adult Membership is $28 (electronic magazine) or regular for $41 (print magazine). As an ANA member you can search the magazine archives online going back to January 2009.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 1821990, member: 57463"]Actually, you are probably best served by the online community. [url]http://www.ancients.info/[/url] is a service of the Vcoins.com sellers. The homepage there links to many other free collector sites. If a story comes up in the mainstream media, someone posts it there, or, really, here, also. I mean, CoinTalk is one the most active general forums for numismatics. You might be able to program your own news search engine to alert you. As for "the latest" I find it challenging to keep up with the past. I mean, just reading back issues is illuminating. I have my own couch, also, but it depends on where you live. I have been fortunate to have been in East Lansing, Ann Arbor, Columbus, and now Austin, where huge university libraries carry the academic periodicals for numismatics. If you join the American Numismatic [B]Society[/B] in New York City ($95 per year), you get the [I]American Journal of Numismatics[/I]. The British Numismatic Society is £32.00 per year and gets you the [I]British Journal of Numismatics[/I]. Unfortunately, [I]The Celator[/I] folded last year. For over 20 years, it was the leading magazine for collectors of ancients. The ANA's [I]Numismatist[/I] does carry news about ancient coins, but mostly common stories from the mainstream media and their publishing cycle is 90 days, so you can have found it first on CNN or MSNBC. That said, [I]The Numismatist[/I] does have regular columns for both Ancient and Medieval numismatics, as well as frequent feature articles. Basic Adult Membership is $28 (electronic magazine) or regular for $41 (print magazine). As an ANA member you can search the magazine archives online going back to January 2009.[/QUOTE]
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