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Subjects:
About Cheap Roman Bronzes
Ancient Coins: Trap or Snare?
Copper Owls
So-Called Coins of the Bible : avoiding scams
Join A Club
Professional Societies for Numismatic Merchants : list of orgs for coin merchants
Damaged, Nice, and Perfect Coins: should you buy the best coin you can afford, or settle for less?
Inventory Software for Managing Your Collection
Numismatics: History You Can Hold In Your Hand
Magnifiers
Numismatic Perspective : why collect coins
What Numismatists Do : good general article on how numismatics can branch into other fields
Coins as an Investment
The Fallacy of Technical Trading
Proof That Coins Are A Bad Investment : cute but serious too
Technical Trading Invites Upside Potential
Dates on Coins : dating systems of different regions
Mintmarks On Coins
World Mintmarks
How Coin Dealers Make Money
Murphy's Law: good info on errors in coins
Grading Coins: An Overview
Grading Guides: The Standard Books for U.S. Coins : recommended guide books and some basic principles of grading
Particularization : the gradually increasing complexity of the grading process.
Benjamin Franklin
The Coins of Pythagoras
The Crime of Diogenes
Farran Zerbe and the Peace Dollar
Julian Daze : the confusion between two notable numismatic Julians
Merry Newtonmas! : the contributions of Sir Isaac Newton and coins that commemorate him
Robert Scot : the first chief engraver
Hannukah : brief history of Jewish coinage
Jewish Coinage
Mexico
They Knew It Was Round : ancient Greece
Black Friday
Black Thurday
The Panic of 1837
Foreign Coins Struck By U.S. Mints
Friday the 13th
Genuine Counterfeit Ancients : counterfeiting in ancient times
Gold Was Never Illegal
Living Legends : use of historical figures/famous people on American coins
The Mystery of the Mint : history of coinage in general
The New Orleans Mint
The Origins of Coinage
Private Money
Stamps for Money
The Theories of Alexander del Mar : books of a 19th century coin historian
Coins Without Value : the Spanish bronze of 1871
Copper Owls
The First Federal Coins
The First Small Cents
Six Caesars of the Tribute Penny : history of the tribute penny referred to in the Bible
The Half Dollar
The Half Eagle
Hard Times Tokens
The Howell Trade Dollar
I Am Good Copper- Value Me As You Choose : the Granby token
Irradiated Dimes
The Maria Theresia Thaler
Medals
The Mercury Dime
The Owls of Athens
Of Owls, Wooden Walls, and Flower Girls : more on ancient Greek coinage
The Peace Dollar
Portrait Drachmas of the Western Satraps
The Roman Sestertius
The Seated Liberties of the United States and Other Places
The Tibetan Tangka
The Trade Dollar
The Washington Quarter
Who Designed the Saint-Gaudens $20?
Back to the top...
Medieval Money
Fueled with $100 Bills : aviation themes on money
A Numismatic Halloween
Numismatics and Science Fiction
Silver Art Bars and Rounds
Sunoco's "Presidential Coins"
Visit the Fed
A Visit to Heritage Numismatics
Find A Rarity : seek out the unusual to collect
Swarms of Rare Coins : coins that people often consider "rare" are actually abundant
What Are the Most Popular Coins?
Buy the Book
The Celator : recommendation for the magazine
Literature: The Key to Collecting
Source Readings on the Origins of Coinage : list of sources for the history of coinage
Three Books You Need
Your Public Library
Ancient Coin Collecting by Wayne Sales
The Coin World Almanac Millenium Edition
How Writing Came About by Denise Schmandt-Besserat
A New Standard: Vagi Makes Roman Coins Tell Roman History
Q. David Bowers' The Waterford Cure
Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins and An Outline of Ancient Greek Coins by Zander H. Klawans
Sicilian or Turkish Hoard? A Book Review of David Weimer's The Sicilian Hoard
Twisted Tales by Robert R. Van Ryzin
Some Pioneer Gold May Be Genuine
The Best Time to Attend a Show
Ancient Coin Standards : other standards that were used besides denominations
Ancient Hearts : the appearance of hearts on coins
Four and Twenty Blackbirds : origin of jetons
In God We Trust : how the motto came to appear on American and other countries' coins
Mind Your Business : "mind your business" motto found on early American coins
Odd Denominations
Once Every 25 Years : how often the designs changed, some exceptions to the 25 yr rule
Time Dollars and Bone Money
What Is A Coin? : interesting article on the legal aspects of calling something a "coin"
When Counterfeiting Was Legal
On the Value of Price Guides
What Is This Coin Worth?