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Back to work
So I’m back to working full time. My inlaws are taking care of the baby this week, and then my wife (who’s a teacher) will be free for the summer. It’s much easier having full days t… more →
Retiring on Change
Conquest Legitimised: The Making of a Byzantine Emperor in Crusader Constantinople 1204-1261
wrote 6 days ago: On 13th April 1204 Constantinople fell to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade. Five men had tried to … more →
Brojob
wrote 1 week ago: I intend to share with you words or phrases that I make up that crack my friends up. Usually based … more →
The Hypersimplification of Coinage
wrote 2 weeks ago: Interesting idea and design of coinage. Not sure how practical it is but it is thought provoking. Th … more →
Noughtyisms and Neologisms - 'Words' to the mother
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wrote 2 weeks ago: You’ve heard the phrase “What would MacGyver do” but what about the coining and cr … more →
Remembering the Good Old Days
wrote 3 weeks ago: “if any of the gold or silver coins whichshall be struck or coined at the said mint shall be d … more →
“I’ll alter him” vs. “Aisle, Altar, Hymn”
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wrote 1 month ago: Has it ever happened to you to mishear a part of a song or sentence and keep on repeating and singin … more →
reducing the cost of washers
wrote 2 months ago: Thanks to AJ for alerting us to this which made him (and us) laugh: http://www.hiskey.us/Handler.ash … more →
Coin flipping
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wrote 3 months ago: Adventures in the British Museum archive, part 96. Here are some interesting blueprints for coinage … more →
The Rhetoric of United States Coinage
wrote 5 months ago: For my first truly substantive post, I want to analyze “the-rhetoric-of” something. The-rhetoric-of … more →
When is a 20p worth more than 20p?
wrote 6 months ago: When the Royal Mint have made a mistake! See link below and check your piggy banks. http://news.bbc. … more →
Form or Function or just being a Royal pain in the A**?
wrote 6 months ago: I’m sure that any who are familiar with this topic need no background on the subject be just t … more →
Back to work
wrote 7 months ago: So I’m back to working full time. My inlaws are taking care of the baby this week, and then my … more →
FactCheck.org: Did the government issue new dollar coins without the words "In God We Trust"?
wrote 7 months ago: FactCheck.org: Did the government issue new dollar coins without the words “In God We Trust … more →
Seminary XLIX: whose coin is it anyway?
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wrote 7 months ago: Obverse of silver penny of King Offa of Mercia, by Eadhun at London, Fitzwilliam Museum CM.YG.418-R, … more →
Gone a while
wrote 7 months ago: So I’ve been gone a while. I actually have a number of stories to tell, but being back to work … more →
Endangered species
wrote 7 months ago: Australian 5c The image is of an echidna, a monotreme, a life form found only in Australia. The only … more →
5/6/2009
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wrote 8 months ago: So yesterday it rained. I cleaned up after dinner while my wife and mother in law took the walk. The … more →
5/4/2009
wrote 8 months ago: We ended up walking through the ritzier residential area North of the downtown area. I didn’t … more →
Economic Recovery: my 5 point plan... (also known as stay out of other people's businesses)
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wrote 8 months ago: Star Trek comes out this week... I thought this was appropriate. Ok so people wanted my 5 point plan … more →
