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Coin production is essentially the same process in any mint in the modern world. Around the world, some mints are better at doing this than others. The Royal Mint in Britain was until very recently q… (View Post)

I have to say, I am shocked. The Ancient Ones have been summoned, and there's only been one mention of the Open Forum so far. B) I seem to have joined the forum sometime around 2006, and I well … (View Post)

As someone whose "main collection" is all coins worldwide by type, ancient through to modern, my "side collection" would be "anything in my collection that isn't a coin&… (View Post)

The anti-acetone crowd like to cite a few research papers showing that, under certain extreme conditions, acetone in contact with copper can break down and form acetic acid, which can cause corrosion… (View Post)

The most widely available "coin catalogues for ancients" are the Sear catalogues; they come in several volumes (5 for Roman, 2 for Greek, and one each for Byzantine and Roman Provincial). T… (View Post)