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 Bilbo's Random Thought Collection
Thoughts on daily life, human interaction, history, society and the world
 British Commonwealth Numismatic Forum
Information exchange for British Commonwealth coins and banknotes
 CIA - The World Factbook
Statistical data and maps by country
 Curator and Collector
Fun museum oriented blog with great numismatic blog links
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Information on Books, Movies, Music & Products
IMDb
Best movie database online!
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Interesting perspectives on statistics and life - Unfortuntely now inactive
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If you collect numismatic references or are building a library, this is the spot for information!
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 Somewhat Frank
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Unusual and fantasy maps of the world
 Talking Pictures with Michael Phillips, a Chicago Tribune blog
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 Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Snippets of fun stuff
Posted by tom

TMgavel.gif Auction Lot of the Week
 I’m always looking at auction lots, both on line and in catalogs, so each week I’ll share with you one of the more unusual ones I’ve come across.


TMfamilywork.gifTom’s Inescapable Truths
We’ll attempt to inject a little humor into this Blog with some funny little quips on family and office life.


Price Change of the Week
Values are continually being changed in our database. Each week I’ll cue you in to a single price change of prominent significance.


Tom’s Recommended Film of the Week
I watch a lot of movies, so each week, just for fun, you’ll get to find out which one I thought was the best.


Focus Country
Here I will try to give you a little news you can use. This segment will feature a country, which is on the move price wise, or has some significant news worthy event happening that day or week.


Friday Fix
Each Friday I’ll post the precious metals closes, London fix.



Commemorative Showdown!
With commemortive coinage exploding all over the market, I thought it would be interesting to create ratios of population compared to number of commemorative coin types by country. Over time we'll be able to rank counties by their ratios to see which ones produce the most commeorative coins per capita. Population data will be derived from the CIA website, while commemorative type totals will be compiled from the Standard Catalog of World Coins database for issues from 1901 to present.


Old to New – Book Review
A guide to building a working numismatic library, based on brief reviews of older references and classic auction catalogs, along with reviews of new works and recent auction sales of significance.


KP Update
For those who like to be in the know, I'll give you the inside track on what Standard catalogs and other new coin books are on the horizon from Krause Publications, plus Numismaster updates and news of other web offerings.


Auction Lot of the Week | Commemorative Showdown! | Focus Country | Friday Fix | KP Update | Old to New - Book Review | Price Change of the Week | Tom's Inescapable Truths | Tom's Recommended Film of the Week
4/24/2007 5:49:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [2]
Welcome
Posted by tom

Welcome to my Blog! Here’s your chance to peer a little way into my mind and learn a bit about the way I think, the things I feel are significant and the way I view the world in it’s ever shifting facets. It’s been almost 20 years that I’ve been charged with the responsibility of market analysis for the standard Catalog of World Coins series. During that time I’ve had the privilege of working with some great numismatists! I’ve also had the opportunity to refine the catalogs, bring some old books back to life, start a few new ones and in general, give back to the hobby that opened me up to a wider world as a child. It’s been fun, and I’m looking forward to this new venture as an even more efficient means to better communication and idea exchange among my friends, associates and those who use KP products.

Each Wednesday I’ll make some kind of text based Blog entry. During the other days of the week I plan on putting up a few snippets of fun stuff from the list displayed in my next blog entry. Some you’ll see weekly, others only on occasion. You’ll be able to follow threads on these short entries in the category section on the left hand navigation bar, just check by title, or you can scan the Blog field for the icons and titles. Just so you know what I’m up to I’ve included a brief explanation of each one in the next posting.

Read, enjoy, get riled up, agree, disagree and above all, feel free to comment at will!




4/24/2007 12:10:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [0]