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Tropical Storm Philippe dumped rain on the Treasure Coast Saturday and will be pulling away from us on Sunday. There is a north wind and we were supposed to get some north swells, but the surf was to remain small. I don't think the north swells will do much because of the small surf. Maybe I'll get a chance to check it out.
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Yesterday I posed a link to issues of the Numismatist published in 1910. Today I have some more good numismatic reading for you: a free google ebook consisting of volumes 1 and 2 of the American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of the American Journal of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society from 1866 and 1867.
I suspect that coin collecting has been a hobby almost as long as there have been coins. CoinSpot.com says that Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of Rome is frequently cited as one of the first coin collectors. Augustus ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD and is known to have accumulated coins and given them as gifts. There is just something about coins and their variety that makes them natural collectibles.
It is interesting to think that just after the U. S. Civil War a publication for numismatics and archaeology was started.
In the first issue the combined journal and bulletin explained the need as follows.
If you browse the free ebook I think you'll find much of interest. One section was devoted to new coin finds, mostly being hoards made in various parts of the world. Here is one of the several described.
Several were discovered in earthen vessels and a couple more in leather bags.
On page 106 will be a found an article on coins and metals made of historic materials. The emphasis is on the source of the metal used to make such coins or medals. Here is one reference to coins made of metal obtained from the Plate Fleet and New World Spanish silver.
The editor's of the new journal encouraged the first readers to be more than reader's and contribute their individual knowledge and experiences as follows.
That was long before the internet made it so easy for those of similar interests to share, yet the need and benefit was much the same as it is today. As they say, The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Click here to browse that publication for yourself.
You might like to see what was going on in numismatics and archaeology in our country about 150 years ago and just after the end of the Civil War.
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I started to do some videos for YouTube. I'll get back to that again before long. I also have another work planned that I have been putting off for quite some time.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
Yesterday I posed a link to issues of the Numismatist published in 1910. Today I have some more good numismatic reading for you: a free google ebook consisting of volumes 1 and 2 of the American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of the American Journal of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society from 1866 and 1867.
I suspect that coin collecting has been a hobby almost as long as there have been coins. CoinSpot.com says that Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of Rome is frequently cited as one of the first coin collectors. Augustus ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD and is known to have accumulated coins and given them as gifts. There is just something about coins and their variety that makes them natural collectibles.
It is interesting to think that just after the U. S. Civil War a publication for numismatics and archaeology was started.
In the first issue the combined journal and bulletin explained the need as follows.
If you browse the free ebook I think you'll find much of interest. One section was devoted to new coin finds, mostly being hoards made in various parts of the world. Here is one of the several described.
Several were discovered in earthen vessels and a couple more in leather bags.
On page 106 will be a found an article on coins and metals made of historic materials. The emphasis is on the source of the metal used to make such coins or medals. Here is one reference to coins made of metal obtained from the Plate Fleet and New World Spanish silver.
The editor's of the new journal encouraged the first readers to be more than reader's and contribute their individual knowledge and experiences as follows.
That was long before the internet made it so easy for those of similar interests to share, yet the need and benefit was much the same as it is today. As they say, The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Click here to browse that publication for yourself.
You might like to see what was going on in numismatics and archaeology in our country about 150 years ago and just after the end of the Civil War.
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I started to do some videos for YouTube. I'll get back to that again before long. I also have another work planned that I have been putting off for quite some time.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
