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<p>[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 3054060, member: 74712"]The Cyprus Richards seem to come up with some surprising regularity (I’m suspecting a hoard may have come available and was not publicized - if you search CNG’s archives, the prices have been steadily declining). There’s even one up for auction now. I’ve never seen an Issoudun for sale, but I believe half of the known examples are in museums to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>I currently teach at a private high school. I was doing the adjunct professor thing, and did receive an offer for a full time position, but the current climate is Academia for employment is so bad right now that I did not feel comfortable staying at that level. As for the diversity in my bookshelf, I teach Ancient and Medieval History (much more emphasis on medieval since that’s my area of expertise), and then also AP European History, which is 1450 to the present. </p><p><br /></p><p>The job is a good excuse to dabble in all areas of our hobby, as I can use the coins as teaching tools. I still have a desire to implement a project where my students would be identifying Roman coins, but havn’t had the funds to buy enough coins to make it work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 3054060, member: 74712"]The Cyprus Richards seem to come up with some surprising regularity (I’m suspecting a hoard may have come available and was not publicized - if you search CNG’s archives, the prices have been steadily declining). There’s even one up for auction now. I’ve never seen an Issoudun for sale, but I believe half of the known examples are in museums to begin with. I currently teach at a private high school. I was doing the adjunct professor thing, and did receive an offer for a full time position, but the current climate is Academia for employment is so bad right now that I did not feel comfortable staying at that level. As for the diversity in my bookshelf, I teach Ancient and Medieval History (much more emphasis on medieval since that’s my area of expertise), and then also AP European History, which is 1450 to the present. The job is a good excuse to dabble in all areas of our hobby, as I can use the coins as teaching tools. I still have a desire to implement a project where my students would be identifying Roman coins, but havn’t had the funds to buy enough coins to make it work.[/QUOTE]
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