My second drachm: [ATTACH] Reputable auction house, choice pedigree and price.
Hi again, after reading your last post (and admiring it so), I thought you might provide some background on the following: [ATTACH]
After a long soak in acetone, [ATTACH] decided to turn it into a piece a jewelry, a pendant coin set in a silver plated bezel, to remind me to be...
Fascinating! Well done. Congratulations
And, now, on to my someday wishlist, I'm in search of LUDWIG ii, King of Bavaria: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Final hammer price: $65. A very elegant coin indeed, the scrollwork alone on the reverse and on the edge is AMAZING!
NO, but this coin has been famous for hundreds of years, even in SOUTH AMERICA and The CARIBBEAN, during the reign of pirates, buccaneers & salty...
Thank you, ambrOzie for the heads up: Key identification characteristics for the 1780 strikes are in particular the form of the brooch in the...
British Museum, Alexander the Great on horseback, compare to St George fighting the Dragon on [ATTACH]
"Hungry" is a bodily state of being; "HUNGARY" is a nation. Also, "I.C.F.A." does NOT appear anywhere on this coin.
My second entry into the field of COIN COLLECTING, a 1780 MARIE THERESE, Empress, Austria-Hungary; originally INCORRECTLY described in auction...
My winning bid was $250; and, yes, I FEEL LIKE I GOT THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY!
Validation of Impulse (to BEAUTY) As a newbie to coin collecting, my very first forage into this field occurred at auction this year (2021);...
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