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...understand the numismatist's desire to possess the objects by which we capture value. (This, of course, is also known as banking.) But the collective unconscious goes further and deeper, and starts long before we know the meaning of a nickel. Children are natural curators, classifying their Barbies or Bakugan, holding on to Happy Meal toys until they have a full set. Freud had a theory about this: not surprisingly, it had to do with toilet training and the trauma of relinquishing a part of oneself. But it's not a need we outgrow. Over the course of his life...
...insurance are organizing congressional lobbying campaigns on the machines. Amateur genealogists are using the network to locate missing relatives. Widows who wake up in the middle of the night are logging on for companionship. A doll enthusiast has employed her computer to write a book about her collection. A numismatist has electronically cataloged , his 65,000 rare coins. A beekeeper in Hawaii is putting out a newsletter using the latest technology for desktop publishing. "It has been a ball," says Clark, who recently started a new SeniorNet center in Bellevue, Wash. "No matter...
...State Museum in Augusta four years ago and described as a 12th century English coin. But Riley Sunderland, a retired military historian and also an amateur archaeologist, had his doubts about that identification. While vacationing in England last summer, he discussed the coin with Peter Seaby, a noted British numismatist. After examining photographs, Seaby concluded that the coin was "almost certainly a Norse penny," probably dating to the reign of Olaf III Kyrre (the Quiet), King of Norway from 1066 to 1093. British Historian Michael Dolley concurred. Said he: "To me there's no doubt...
Margaret Atwood will lecture Friday, April 7 in Science Center B. Also Friday, Leo Mildenberg, a reknowned numismatist from Zurich will talk about "Master Coin Forgeries" at the Fogg...
...turns to an electronic metal detector and searches for another kind of treasure: ancient coins and other artifacts. Last month, as he neared the end of a visit with his married sister at the kibbutz Tirat Tzvi, south of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, the amateur archaeologist and numismatist had little to show for his efforts. With the help of his $160 metal detector, he had uncovered many sardine cans, bottle caps and shell casings, but no coins...