Comments on: Teaching Ancient Coins: Identifying the Problems

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:04:41 +0000

Reduced prices are not going to solve the problem of cash starved academics. If they provide the photos for free, then…. this is a different case.

By: Yannis Stoyas

Yannis Stoyas — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:05:15 +0000

The ethical matter remaining open, perhaps you would consider using on occasion images (and info) from web sites such as http://www.acsearch.info/ or http://www.coinarchives.com/ or even better http://pro.coinarchives.com/ (CoinArchives Pro Academic Edition: reduced pricing for persons affiliated with a non-profit academic institution).

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:53:32 +0000

I thought of doing exactly the same. However, when I suggested it, I faced strong opposition from those who thought that using auction catalogues is unethical, because of the black market in coins.

By: Bruce Hitchner

Bruce Hitchner — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:20:25 +0000

Dear Konstantina,
I have taught numismatics strictly as a seminar or upper level course. And in the absence of a coin collection and casts, I have used old market coin catalogs. This is something that Ted Buttrey taught me. Best wishes, bruce

By: Yannis Stoyas

Yannis Stoyas — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:03:20 +0000

Very interesting. Quite an insightful analysis…