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Very nice!

 

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This arrived last week and is one of the British Monarchs series and this one is Charles II . I don't have that many modern coins but I like these as they show the portraits of some of obverses of my coins in a condition I could never afford and possibly don't exist. They are supplied in decent wooden boxes , cardboard illustrated slips and supplied with a booklet overview of the Monarch featured on the coin. They are available in 1 oz, 2 oz and 5 oz .99 pure silver.

 

Bolivia 8 Soles 1836 PTS LM and Guatemala 10 Quetzales 1995 Medallic ICB Issue

 

I have acquired quite a few Canadian tokens over the years. This is a new type for me.
LC-60-1 Bust & Harp

 

1683 Paderborn taler - sede vacante issue. This one is proving to be a difficult one to find in "straight grade" condition. This example recently made it into a NGC EF details holder for cleaning.

 

Cologne,1744, Stuber, MS 62

Bern, 1796, 1/2 Kreuzer, MS 63

Wurttemberg,1759, 15 kreuzer, MS 62 (one of my few recent upgrades!)

St. Gallen, ND c.1808, pfennig, MS63

 

Annamese Gold 3 Tien of Minh Mang (minted in Hue in 1835):

 

Annamese Gold 1½ Tien of Minh Mang (minted in Hue sometime between 1820 and 1841):

 

1/48th Einen Thaler
German States, 1863 A

That spot needs a tooth pic and a little Verdi-Care. I just don't know if I want to be the one. The radial die cracks on the reverse drew me to it.

 

Nice Mecklenburg-Schwerin. At this point, these small denominations were very low purity silver, billon. They often tend to get this look and the accompanying green encrustations. These are nice small coins too. There are some earlier billon 3 pfennigs that are even smaller from this state.

 

Yeah, I believe that the coin is .208 ag.
As far as the little green encrustation. Do you think that is just verdigri or possibly bronze disease because of the low purity?

 

Abbasid Silver Hemidrachm of Umar ibn al-'Ala (minted in Tabaristan in either 776 or 777):

 

I'm no expert,but I've seen many coins with this, even owned a few, and the spots don't seem to get any worse, so I think a little Verdicare might touch it up a bit. I'll say, it's not going to hurt the value much either way. Personally, I think it is either likely verdigris or depending on previous storage, a slight PVC issue, but it seems to be more prevalent at the edges and devices, so I'm leaning toward verdigris.