Got this Fast Eddie through @John Anthony from the @Mat collection: England Edward I 1272-1307 AR Penny 19mm 1.3g Class 10c 1302-1310 Canterbury facing star - Voided long cross 3 pellets quarters North 1040 MAT Mexican Empire - Maximillian I 1867 AR 1 Peso - last year of his Reign Ex: @ominus1
Yesterday I ended up buying a collection off an old friend who is trying to get out of coins as he is unwell. Many interesting bits in there, here are a selected few: Brazil 1799 20 Reis counter-stamped to re-issue as 40 Reis (I understand). Sweden 1720 Half Ore
...And these two oddities: Netherlands East Indies 2 Stuiver "Bonk" 1818 Unidentified possible coin weight? Any help appreciated. Weighs 2.86g and measures 15.4mm.
Had some ebay bucks to burn off and picked up this little french morsel. A common coin but decent for the type and was free thanks to the bucks. France (Feudal): Vienne, Archbishopric, 11th and 12th Centuries Billon Denier O: + S • M • VIENNA • (= Saint Maurice of Vienne), bearded head of St. Maurice left. R: MAXIMA GALL (= Greater Gaul), cross with pellets. Vienne mint, (1200-1250 A.D.) 18mm .80g Roberts 5045, Poey d'Avant 4828 Plate CVI/17, Boudeau 1046.
Nice Edward VII sovereign came this morning. Ebay does not give me any bucks because I live outside the US. Bummer, I spend a lot of money on there...
Paid visits to three local coin shops today, including one I'd never been to. (They were super kind, and had a pile of toned coins set aside for me...plus I got to meet the store dog and cat.) Picked up a TON of new coins, including some toned Canadian silver dollars that I just don't have the patience to image right now, some Canadian Silver Proof Sets including the 2012 with Gilded Silver Dollar, an interesting silver medal from Austria with text "Hochst Am Rhein" on the obverse and "Hoechst Vorarlberg 980-1980 1000 Jahre" on the reverse, some sterling proof 25 New Pence from 1977 (Gibraltar, Jersey, and Mauritius - which is 25 Rupees). (Note: I'll also be posting some of the US toners over in the Post a Toned Coin thread.) Here are some of the highlights from today: Austria - 1965 Proof 5 & 10 Schilling (Came in a brown, leather-bound "Anniversary Proof Set Vienna University" that was missing the other two coins.) Canada (Newfoundland) - 1941 C 5 Cents (Circulated, but colorful!) Curacao - 1944 D 1/4 Gulden Great Britain - Richard Litchfeild "Worshipful Company of Founders" 1/2 Guinea Weight (1688-1712) Mexico - 1939 50 Centavos Netherlands - 1954 1 Gulden South Africa - 1965 Proof 1 Rand Vatican City - 1958 500 Lire (Labeled/sold as 1978 500 Lire; I suppose my Roman numeral reading skills and Krause skills are a bit more accurate.)