I had the pleasure of seeing the 1804 Dollar and 1913 V nickel on loan from the ANA warning it is a very out of focus picture... I had a blast finding and buying some Japanese gold and silver...
and I bought these as well... 1957 Austria 25 Schilling with gorgeous toning... (yes I see a finger print) and a Ethiopia 5 Matonas...
he Will the son or Joe his father appears that way, but I have bought many coins from them. They are actually very nice to me. If you have an idea of what you are looking for... they will go out of their way to find it for you.
yes, the son is cheerful but fragner senior always seems angry. I have also bought a lot from them. mr fragner always recognizes and tells me he has nothing new for the countries I'm looking for. the shows lately have been pretty stale in my opinion.
Cool stuff. I don't know anything about the Japanese coins, so I can't really comment on them. That 25 schilling has some nice toning, but that fingerprint really kills it for me. I've always been fascinated by the Ethiopian coinage. I spent a week at a monastery in Addis Ababa when I was in high school, and on our day of touring the city we visited a coin shop. I picked up a couple of intriguing pieces while there. Their language, and that alphabet, is considered one of the most complex languages on Earth.
I would agree that their so called new coins selection is very small. Been wanting 1 of those Japanese gold for awhile now. happy with it.
I have one of the silver ones, I think it a Bu. I overheard a dealer to dealer conversation over these coins. they were saying how ridiculously cheap they were to buy and how they charged so much to the customers. the last show I went to was Santa Clara Ca. seemed like almost anyone who had foreign material had a silver Bu
