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Wednesday, 9 December 2009
What recession and other musings – the case of Gemini VI
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I was sent a copy of the Gemini VI sale catalogue yesterday in “dead tree” format (excellent, you can’t beat having these in hard copy), alt...
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Pescennius Niger and Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The coins of Pecennius Niger, the eastern challenger to the Roman throne in AD 193, exhibit three characteristics, rarity, desirability and ...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Another Royal Mint quality control problem.....
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I was passed this 2008 penny on Sunday. It has a raised blob before the date. Not the first one that I've seen. I haven't picked at ...
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
New 20p problems....
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The Royal Mint do seem to be having problems with the quality control of their new coins. Besides the well popularised undated mule of old o...
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Carausius medallions and a German victory
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Just added a page about the three known Carausius medallions that are all in the British Museum plus some thoughts on how they interact with...
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Gallic prototypes of Carausius
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My latest Carausius acquisition affirms my hypothesis that a number of the coin types of Carausius were inspired by those of the Gallic Empi...
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Carausius and Sol again
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I noted in the previous post that a British Museum specimen, purchased in 1863, could be traced to Kennedy's "Oriuna" from 175...
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