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Re: Appreciating Thomas Harrison Garrett and John Work Garrett
Tyrant's collection of $10s is incredible but the quality of the Ex. Jung/Garrett/Pogue coin really jumps out as being in a different world: http://thetyrantcollection.com/eagles-of-the-tyrant/ (View Post)3 -
Re: POTUS who collected coins as a hobby
John Quincy Adams had an extensive collection of ancient coins, further augmented by some of his descendants, which was eventually sold by Stacks in 1971. Many coins aren't particularly high value bu… (View Post)2 -
Re: The ranking of our collections
Great post. It's also useful to think in terms of opportunity cost: if you could find a comparable example of a 300-level coin by waiting for x months, do you need to buy that coin now? What if a muc… (View Post)4 -
Re: Researching rarity with AI...
AI doesn't lend itself well to a census-style use case: that is more a job for a conventional structured database. Image recognition for exact matches, however, is beginning to be built in services l… (View Post)1 -
Re: 2024 Year in Review: Post your favorite acquisitions
Here are a few of my top additions for 2024: Carthage 5 shekel / dekadrachm: Decadrachm, Carthage circa 260, AR 38.04 g. Head of Tanit (Kore-Persephone) l., wearing barley wreath and earring. Rev. Pe… (View Post)22