I sort of answered my own question about posting a photo. I have posted two images of a coin Im trying to identify. The colors, contrast, etc have been...
I think there is enough distance in between, so not a competitive thing... Heck I am a member of the ANA and BNA, but, not the RNA :) But, heck if there is a...
As a dealer, I find this a somewhat interesting topic, and would like to make a few comments on it. There is no question that the prices for nice British...
Please help me out here...what does the phrase "satisfaction guaranteed" from this unnamed Vcoin dealer's lot description mean? Very nice lot. Satisfaction...
I doubt there was intentional double-talk, I suspect the dealer just went one step further with his language than he should have (I found the lot by searching,...
I recently won the following coin at Vauctions: http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/35958.php I couldn't help but notice the similarity between the portrayal of...
isn't the seated zeus (seen on coins) based on the 'wonder of the world' statue by phidias in the temple of zeus at olympia? i think that was late 5th C. BC.,...
Marketing tool... The seller could just be undergrading them so that when you get them in hand and find they are a lot nicer you will be "satisfied". I wouldnt...
If I remeber well, someone wrote here about coins of Copia, roman colony, before called Thourioi. If I am right, please, he/she could mail me. Regards Paco...
Hi Bill, A Crux Penny is an English Anglo-Saxon, silver penny, of Aethelred II c. 991-997 AD. If you need any further background on it let me know. All the...
The Baltimore Coin Show is on from Thursday, Nov. 12-Sunday, Nov. 15. It will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center, One W. Pratt St. in Baltimore, MD...
I suppose this is not the place for asking it, but I have a crazy friend collecting USA coins and I need to find a dealer in Ebay or in other place, who ships...
Just a quick addendum. I earlier credited Bruce Nesset for suggesting Dane Kurth as a person to contact about the possibility of translating Weidauer. In...
I wonder if this isn't the highest paid non-commercial job in numismatics. They are looking for a new "Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals" at the...
Dear Folks, Can anyone guide me to an e-mail address or other identification for "Classical Economies Collection"? There's some interesting stuff on line, but...
Mark Your Calendars for the San Francisco Historical Bourse December 11-12, 2009 It's that time of the year again! Our next Bourse will be held on Friday and ...
When you consider this is perhaps one of the absolute best jobs of its type in the world, and is in a country with high tax rates, the pay is appalingly low...
Interesting study summarized in Science Magazine (October 16, 2009 - pp. 345) about using Roman coin hoards to estimate the relations between census and actual...
Hi Zach Given the Crawford was famously uninterested in typology, predictably he would have been absolutely no use to you. He's fudged both the questions and...
There is considerable confusion in our society as to what a job is "worth." The economic value of a position does not depend upon expertise. It depends upon...
CNN, when covering the news of the Fort Hood memorial service, mentioned that the president put a "commander-in-chief" coin next to the photograph of each...
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There is an assumption that the Keeper will spend his time writing articles for the Journal of Roman Studies, attending conferences and participating in...
Academia does not pay very well in the UK, I cant remember the name but when the chap who discovered buckminsterfullerene was told he was awarded the nobel...
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