Tom - Perhaps, but there are so many other, easier, less visible ways to launder money. I'm not saying that there's nothing nefarious going on, merely that I...
Dear List Members, This Aurelian antoninianus sold on eBay last night. As far as I can tell it's unlisted in RIC. The closest match I could find is #328, but...
Cyzicus mint, first emission, struck late 270 AD. RIC 328 var; BN pg. 411, pl. 84, 239 (same dies) citing 2 examples. If you want to collect Aurelian, throw...
Hello, The San Francisco Historical Bourses held in May and September of last year continued to be successful. Based on the feedback of the visitors and the ...
The Vancouver Ancient Coin Club will meet in the program room of the McGill branch of the Burnaby library this Sunday May 4, from 2 to 4 pm. A presentation on...
Happy to join this ancient coin interest group. Collecting Ptolemaic Bronze coins for fun and research as well as the bronze coinage of (Seleukid) Antiochos...
Once again I am clearing out coin catalogs. The majority as post 2005, there are a very very few catalogs that are not ancients focused. As I have done...
I just received by mail today my first ptolemaic bronze, an AE15 Ptolemy , Zeus, rev Eagle facing left with club. Thanks for the link. Will help me with...
Dear Jose, I am also a collector of ptolemaic bronzes, but rather new to the field.? However, I am very enthusiastic about learning more about the coins of...
Hoka@...
May 3, 2008 7:18 pm
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Dear List, I wish to inform the group about the progress I have made in the question of Laodicea ad Mare. To this purpose I have found in the web the following...
Hello everyone wishing you a peaceful and productive weekend. The present adverse economic conditions as embodied in the rapidly increasing prices of...
Anthony, I can only tell you what I do.? I've been collecting for 13 years now and intend to collect until I die.? I'm in the hobby for fun, period.? I don't...
KenEclectic@...
May 4, 2008 12:05 am
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Well, the trite but true investmant adage is "buy low, sell high", and it's not at all obvious that the current ancient coin market offers a buy low...
Dear All, I shall chime in on this only to say that I have never since becoming an adult, lost money on an ancient coin. However, coins are a lousy investment...
I believe the economics of ancient coin collecting has been discussed on this forum within the past 6 months. The market has gone up within the past five years...
Hi Anthony, I have been collecting ancient coins for over fifty years. A couple of times I had to sell my collection to meet financial pressures. I started...
Using coins as a safety net for future living costs is risky. To maximize your returns when you sell takes some time. Coins are not so liquid that you can...
For me, one of the hardest things to learn about collecting coins was finding an economic comfort level regarding what coins to collect and how to fit coin...
Although I have now been collecting for about four years, I am still very new to numismatics. I say this because this will probably seem like a pretty dumb...
Leslie Perkins
lperkins@...
May 4, 2008 5:01 pm
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I am working on a coin museum display for a school (one of the ACE Coin Museums). I am trying to buy coins or replicas of coins that refer to the Olympic...
Leslie Perkins
lperkins@...
May 4, 2008 5:02 pm
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Dear list members This Saturday in Waukesha, Wisconsin is the Crown Tournament for the Kingdom of Northshield. At this Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)...
Dear Leslie, For forgeries of ancient coins, Becker or otherwise, maybe start with the book, "Classical Deception" (Counterfeits, Forgeries and Reproductions...
Hoka@...
May 4, 2008 8:58 pm
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... There is a book specifically on Becker : BECKER THE COUNTERFEITER by George F. Hill Obol International, originally printed 1924, reprinted 1979. I have two...
There a Becker article on Wayne Sayles' web site. http://wgs.cc/cws/becker.pdf George Hill wrote a book, _Becker the Counterfeiter_ (1924) which lists all of...
You might enjoy Imhoof-Blumer and Percy Gardener's _A Numismatic Commentary on Pausanias_ (1887). I haven't read it. Flipping through I see mentions of...
I have also noticed that numismatic writers neglect to explain their identifications of coin types. Sometimes there is another coin or vase from a city with...
For those of you who may have purchased items from the Boyd Collection that noted a coin's origin as "SALBRIS FIND" and were wondering what if any information...
I have to concur. The evidence for a good number of numismatic references is often times one person's opinion that is then repeated until it becomes standard....
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