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A Gift For Polydektes: Form CN 22
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A Gift For Polydektes. Monday, May 04, 2015. This is a completed form CN 22. It is supposed to be attached to the outside of international envelopes containing anything other than letters. This one was attached to an envelope which contained an Indian token I won for ₹220 (about US$3.46) in an eBay.in auction. You must pick up goods worth more than $2,500 in person. I have never imported coins at that level. Warns that the forms must be present accurate. I was surprised to learn from cbp.gov that the...
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A Gift For Polydektes: The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals
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A Gift For Polydektes. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals. An impressive book on finishing metals is Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe's 1982 The Colouring, Bronzing, and Patination of Metals. It's a big book. It begins with a 13 page Historical Introduction which covers metal finishing in ancient China, Greece, and Rome, throughout history up to the present day. The surface enrichment of coins is briefly mentioned. There is an extensive bibliography. US Customs has pub...
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A Gift For Polydektes: Archaic gorgon/incuse drachms said to be minted at Parion
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A Gift For Polydektes. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Archaic gorgon/incuse drachms said to be minted at Parion. Price and Waggoner, Archaic Greek Coinage: the Asyut hoard. In 475 BC someone buried many silver coins near Asyut in Egypt, including the coin I show above. So we know the type was circulating in 475 BC. But where? Cite just six hoards. No hoards including the type were found anywhere near Parion in Mysia, the supposed mint city given by every cataloger for the past 100 years. I have always been inter...
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A Gift For Polydektes: December 2014
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A Gift For Polydektes. Thursday, December 18, 2014. Fictional bridges on Euro banknotes constructed in the Netherlands. Ldquo;'The European Bank didn't want to use real bridges so I thought it would be funny to claim the bridges and make them real,' [Dutch designer Robin Stam] told Dezeen. Links to this post. Sunday, December 14, 2014. 3D coin scans using focus stacking. On CoinCommunity.com, DVCollector shows a 3D scan of an Athenian tetradrachm. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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A Gift For Polydektes: August 2014
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A Gift For Polydektes. Friday, August 29, 2014. Unusual coin denomination: the spesmilo. I had been previously unfamiliar with the Spesmilo symbol. It apparently was only used on a single 'coin', a 1912 fantasy issue of the Esperanto congress. (The NGC web site lists examples. In MS60 and XF40). According to Wikipedia. The coin was used before the first world war by a few British and Swiss banks. Unicode has assigned the symbol U 20B7 SPESMILO SIGN. Links to this post. A counterfeiter (or middleman) who ...
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A Gift For Polydektes: September 2014
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A Gift For Polydektes. Monday, September 01, 2014. Counterfeit 25 peso coin lab in the Dominican Republic. According to Dominican Today. Police . dismantled an underground laboratory being used for forging 25 peso coins. Following a raid on a house in the Sabana Perdida neighborhood of Santo Domingo North. According to the police report, three machines used for manufacturing false 25 peso coins were seized during the operation, along with two engines, a drying oven and dozens of coins ready for processing.
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A Gift For Polydektes: June 2014
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A Gift For Polydektes. Saturday, June 28, 2014. Collectors' source for Zero Rupee Notes. Collectors may obtain Fifth Pillar's anti-corruption Zero Rupee Notes from Joel's Coins. As of this writing Joel's price is $2/note (but cheaper in quantity.). The 50 Rupee note that the anti-corruption piece mimics has an exchange value of 83 US cents. Thus in single quantities and encased in plastic the anti-corruption note is worth more than what it mimics, at least to collectors. The World Bank's blog. Every laun...
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A Gift For Polydektes: A token with strange script
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A Gift For Polydektes. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. A token with strange script. Four months ago a user on the forum /r/coins. Posted a machine-struck token or coin with an unusual inscription. I thought it looks a little like Tamil but not really. I do not have the item in-hand and I don't know the size, weight, or composition. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Syrian Import Restrictions Imposed. Nomisma.org crosses 100,000 coin threshold. Following the publication of RIC 6, 7, 8, and 10 to Online Coins o...
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A Gift For Polydektes: Congratulations to Arthur Brand
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A Gift For Polydektes. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Congratulations to Arthur Brand. I suspect several of my readers know Arthur Brand. Who used to frequently post on numismatic discussion boards under the name of the ancient Greek die engraver Euainetos. Others may know of his Dutch-language book Het verboden Judas-evangelie en de schat van Carchemish. Ldquo;Forbidden Gospel of Judas and the treasure of Carchemish”) which discussed a hoard of archaic Greek coins including Athenian Dekadrachms. The Colouring, B...
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A Gift For Polydektes: May 2015
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A Gift For Polydektes. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Congratulations to Arthur Brand. I suspect several of my readers know Arthur Brand. Who used to frequently post on numismatic discussion boards under the name of the ancient Greek die engraver Euainetos. Others may know of his Dutch-language book Het verboden Judas-evangelie en de schat van Carchemish. Ldquo;Forbidden Gospel of Judas and the treasure of Carchemish”) which discussed a hoard of archaic Greek coins including Athenian Dekadrachms. The die on the l...
