My recommendation is hold on to it... It is a rough ride finding an example that nice.
@John Burgess - I like the masonic angle - this isn't a horseshoe, but rather a yolk - a masonic symbol primarily used on N-A Lodge Pennies. For a...
@C-B-D That is coin PORN my friend, and these are sleepers... I am still waiting until these reach the price points they should be achieving...
Gorgeous coin, but remember, Italian material never sells for anything close to book. This coin is rare in that grade, and especially...
Or plow damage? I have seen plenty of English coins (ancient to 19thc) broken like this owing to farming...
@Evan Saltis - I dunno, but I know of an IoM Crown with a cute cat ;) (I'm a cat guy, in case you hadn't noticed ;P )
I am a fan of imp proofs had in change... and the kitty cat I see lurking on the chair :)
@DonnaML that was my first thought... I think they were exhumed like this... bad luck, as judging by the breaks, these have been goners for some...
When you place a bid on ebay, you submit your highest price, and the system automatically bids in increments (not like a regular auction, where...
The premium relates to novelty / format, and also the same principle that predatory car dealers use - you can buy an '05 Charger with almost 250k...
Its remarkable, when I was doing OTC trading, how many people would bring me estate collections of material from the US mint, RCM, Royal Mint,...
I was thinking more of a canteen token... Some regiments that had long term encampments had tokens produced - here, I have interpreted the obverse...
Could it be a military token, maybe 5th Cavalry Regt, 456th div., or something to that effect? Not my field of expertise, just a guess. Below a...
...and astral allignment ;)
IMO coinage of the Rhodesias is severely underrated... small mintages, high attrition, and substantial and growing interest.
Alternatively, it could be that some of the chops are simply out of standard punch sets, and that multiple merchants were using the same chop...
@Julius Germanicus - I know that this is an older thread, but I actually just purchased a copy of this catalog - I am awaiting it in the post,...
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