Hello All,
My nickname is monkpiper, or you may call me Terry. I appreciate your forum and would like help and advice especially in the arena of spotting fake and counterfit coins.

Also, I recently purchased a French - Capetian coin, 1285-90 AD Philip IV Tours mint, 4.0 gms. This coin is in excellent condition, reference number is stated as Duplessy 251. If somone can advise me on this coin, scarcity, and importance & approximate value, I would greatly appreciate it. It also has reference MCN737. I do not have reference material prior to 1500, yet.

Also, does anyone know the reputation of Gabriel Vandervort? Of ancientresource.com, he seems to be an amiable person, but one never can tell much from a few emails.

Kind Regards,
Terry W. Reed - monkpiper

Sorry about the lack of information and a personal touch.

I am a Design Engineer/Project Coordinator on large complex process oil/gas/petrochemical/chemical/pharmaceutical and just about any Heavy Industry that has complex processes.

I am 48 years old, married to a wonderful woman, have a beautiful 9 year old daughter who is exactly like her Daddy. I am whipped there! LOL

We enjoy numismatics, the outdoors, Ice Age fossil paleontolgy. We have a fair collection of material found beachcombing and also a few paleo-indian artifacts, even a couple of clovis points.

We live in Texas, just a short drive to the Gulf of Mexico and we go often. Anyone who is in the area is welcome to join us for fossil hunting on the occasional weekend outing.

Kind Regards to All.
monkpiper