http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/ This list is dedicated to the joys of ancient coin collecting. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:51:35 GMT E. Watts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94536 ... That has never been entirely true, and it has become markedly less true as the ability of collectors to sell directly to one another has increased Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:27 GMT robert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94535 " Warrens math looks about right to me (I thought I was the only one on this list that liked to do that type of analysis). " OK, there's at least one more Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:55:14 GMT Scott Rottinghaus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94534 I think brockages are fascinating, and Andrew's post has me thinking more about them. When it comes to denarii, Republican brockages are more common than Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:11:24 GMT snamc9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94533 This is a nice follow-on to my earlier note on coins prices remaining essentially static over the very long term (no matter how much we believe that they Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:29:09 GMT Robert Kokotailo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94532 Warrens math looks about right to me (I thought I was the only one on this list that liked to do that type of analysis). But he is missing one aspect, which Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:03:04 GMT Warren Esty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94531 I quote from the "Million-dollar penny" article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703811604574533732182243424.html "Earlier this year, Dale Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:12:18 GMT E. Watts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94530 ... Clearly the legion is VNN, or -5. This makes sense since the first known use of N as zero in roman numerals is in the mid first millennium AD, and the coin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:46 GMT snamc9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94529 I'd hoped to get more votes on my earlier below-note on the clearly struck but mysterious number. One off-list respondent suggested VIII, there's been no Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:35 GMT snamc9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94528 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94528 Coins with attachments or inscriptions by later fond owners can sometimes be charming. I'm rather attached to this pair of oxen which not only is attached with Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:26 GMT Dan Mancuso http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94527 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94527 NOTE... Practice these DRASTIC methods on normal change before you attempt it on anything that you can't spend... you can really ruin a coin VERY fast with Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:47 GMT glebe_au http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94526 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94526 Until recently all ancient artifacts in Bulgaria were the property of the state - therefore all coins exported in the last 15 years or so presumably remain the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:45 GMT Dan Mancuso http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94525 There is also a material called "solder wick" which is basically a "braided" copper rope filled with a bit of rosin. It will suck up most of the solder (even Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:21 GMT Andreas Reich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94524 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94524 It's a Hadrian as, you will find it here: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=hadrian+minerva&view_mode=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1#0 Andreas ... [Non-text Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:43 GMT Javier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94523 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94523 I have been collecting now for a little over 3 months and have really enjoyed learning about my coins through the attribution process. Right now, I have have Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:28 GMT Glenn Terry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94522 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/94522 Thanks much Andreas. Malcom Mewgaw's site www.diadumenian.com does in fact have a sample of this coin, an AE 5 assaria that is MAR 5.34 on his 5 assaria page