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It's not the first time someone has claimed to have "rediscovered silphium". But I am always skeptical of such claims. The ancients were aware that there were several silphium-like pla… (View Post)

For a lot of dealers that specialize in world coins, they may not always display all their stock - especially if there's low demand and/or market value. But they might still have it at the show,… (View Post)

I would assume the woman is a personification of the Republic of Haiti itself; the Haitian counterpart of Liberty, or of the French Marianne (personification of liberty and reason). The national symb… (View Post)

As I mentioned above, a piece of shiny copper metal turning back into a little green rock is chemically inevitable, in the long term; this planet simply doesn't like bright shiny copper. Trying … (View Post)

Well, since the question is being asked on a forum being hosted by a slabbing company, then I would expect the answers to be more biased towards slabbing than if asked to a broader collector base. Pe… (View Post)