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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1889084, member: 44140&quot;]To make a long story short....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last Friday I was asked to ID some coins at the local library that they found in their safe, that had not been opened since the mid &#039;60s. The coins had no identifying paperwork. There was about 150 or so coins, in boxes. Many of which are modern in manufacture say 1787 to 1925 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the coins was three lonely bronze coins in a relatively poor state of preservation. I was able to ID the coins with certainty. SOOOoooo word got out that I had ID coins dating as early as 290BC. I was then asked to due a 30 min presentation on ancient coins and the ones found in the collection. I reluctantly agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next thing I know I was interviewed by the New Haven Register. They took like a hundred pictures of me with the coins. So I expected to be in a 2x2 square on page 7 in a Thursday paper. Well that&#039;s not what happened....</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up with an 8.5 x 11&quot; color photo of my mug on the FRONT PAGE of the Saturday Newspaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also online....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140314/east-haven-library-offers-rare-look-at-ancient-coins-dating-back-to-290-bc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140314/east-haven-library-offers-rare-look-at-ancient-coins-dating-back-to-290-bc" rel="nofollow">http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140314/east-haven-library-offers-rare-look-at-ancient-coins-dating-back-to-290-bc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Laugh guys...go ahead...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will be giving a presentation on Tuesday 3/25 at 6pm at the Hagaman Memorial Library. 227 Main Street East Haven, Connecticut. Collect89 will also be their to present, on modern coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note I was miss quoted and the attributions are all screwy...but from what I hear its typical of the Register, but I wont begrudge a Newspaper that puts me on the FRONT PAGE, when their are missing Jetliners and derailed trains to cover....</p><p><br /></p><p>They also called me an ancient coin expert, which I absolutely told them I am not...I consider myself a novice numismatist.</p><p><br /></p><p>I encourage anyone in the area to attend it will be fun...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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