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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OldGoldGuy, post: 2044350, member: 72697&quot;]As my name suggests, I am into old gold. However, this is misleading. My name should read &quot;Pre-1933 US Mint State Gold Coin Appreciating Gentleman&quot;. With that said, I do mainly collect graded, key date, mint state 90% gold US coins. However, I have a few little side collections. Recently, I saw a coin that sent that blood a rushin like it used to in the good ol days. So I started doing some research. Let me preface this with a statement, I feel absolutely clueless when it comes to ancients. First, there is a whole new language to learn just to understand what you are looking at (latin). That is a huge entry barrier for me. Languages and I do not mix. Took 4 years of Spanish and 3 years of French, and cannot get past &quot;hola&quot; and &quot;donde es el bano&quot;. But I am getting off track.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I really want to know is this; is there a site where I can find composition of coins as well as mintage figures? I am sure most of the knowledge of mintages has been lost to antiquity, but composition can be tested, so this at least should be verifiable - IS THERE A WEBSITE, BOOK, CT FORUM MEMBER (i already wrote a 3 page message to one I have come to believe is very knowledgeable from his posts, who hasn&#039;t even responded in days) WHERE I CAN FIND MINTAGE FIGURES AND METAL COMPOSITIONS OF ANCIENTS?</p><p><br /></p><p>And to save the Obvious Ottos a post, yes, I have utilized the search function on this site as well as Google, but the problem is, the information I find is sporadic and scattered, there is no continuity, uniformity, etc for me to look at the big picture and delve in where I feel compelled. And maybe I do not know what I am looking at fully yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a side note, is it common knowledge the Spartans did not have coinage? They used iron rods (ingots) as their currency to discourage hoarding and focusing on war preparation? I was ready to drop some dough on some Spartan money. But other than one single King names Aureus, or Auros, or something along those lines, I cannot find a single thing?</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone knows of a website that chronologically lists different issues, mintages, compositions, etc, I would owe you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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