BudStew

My numismatic interests are: Coins Shows, European Coins

Skills/Specialty: European Coins

ANA Number: 1193***

Country: United States

State/Province: PENNSYLVANIA

I am a: Collector

I have items for sale in the marketplace: No

Favorite Coin not in my Collection: Scottish Mary Stuart Testoon (Spink 5422) 1561-1562

Favorite Item in my Collection: 1643 1/2 Bell Thaler from Brunswick Wolfenbuttel

Favorite Coin Series: Scottish, English, Papal and Roman Imperial Denarii

About my coin collection: I can’t stay focused too long on a particular area or era. Even so, my collection is almost exclusively Northern European Silver.

I started numismatics in: 1970's

Brief description: I love history and my collection is a tool to aid me in my studies.

About me

My collection is comprised of mostly Early Modern & Late Medieval European Silver.  But, my current focus is Ancient Rome.  I own far more Reference Books on Roman Numismatics than I do coins.  The most useful books in my Library are not Numismatic Titles at all; they are History Books (Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio, Plutarch, etc).  I know that I have much to learn, that is why I'm so excited about Roman Coins.