We've done strategies, books, and mistakes. There are lots of threads with websites for beginners, but I want to collect them all in one place, and if the
thread goes well, stick it to the top. Please give the link and a description of what can be found there. (no commercial competitors of the
Forum with additional informational pages please).
My top picks I can think of off hand:
General Information Sites
1. The
Forum: you're already here. Look around. Buy something to support our host.
See Ancient Coin Collecting 101 and a series of online articles for the new collector in NumisWiki2.
Doug Smith's
Ancient Coins. When I started, this was hosted elsewhere. Now it's hosted by the
Forum. Doug has collect a range of articles to
help the beginner and beyond. I've read, and re-read this site a number of times.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/3.
Warren Esty's Ancient Greek and
Roman Coins. An excellent site for the begginer with a range of subjects, and moving from beginner to intermediate articles. Again, I've read, and re-read this site a number of times.
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/4. Andrew McCabe's
Republican Coins and Books. An excellent site for
Roman Republican coins with articles, lists of books, and a comprehensive database of
Republican Coins. This site has great articles for general information, a guide to books for further reading, and is excellent for
identification help on RR coins.
http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/5. Reid Goldsborough has an excellent site on Athenian Owls, one of the iconic ancient
Greek coins.
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6. David
Sear's definition page (
Numiswiki covers this and more):
http://www.davidrsear.com/academy/roman_glossary.htmlIdentification Help Sites
1. The
Forum. With a
thread for
identification help with sticky topic links to get you started, and resources at
Numiswiki for
identification help as well. The
thread:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=7.0A sticky topic within
Identification Help with specific links to
identification help sites:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=32513.02.
Wildwinds. A fairly comprehensive database of coins by reference number by our own Helvetica. I use it to
help identify coins, as well as to compare other examples of coins I have.
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/