I am partial to their threepence and sixpence designs.
Also, it could just be that the side they overstruck the reverse on was the side with his head, so some of the legend showed through on the reverse.
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I have a September 1689 shilling I bought for my birthday two years back. I always keep an eye open for March 1690 coins, because New Year’s Day...
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Here is more about it. I believe the author is a member of CoinTalk. Also, I believe you could probably figure out the privy mark on your example....
Come to think of it, what types of John VIII were represented in the Constantine XI hoard? It won’t help much for dating (Manuel II was in the...
We need more excavations! More hoards found! More Constantine XIs!
Well, I go to check the DOC to find a die match when I realized that I was looking at the wrong side for the sigla. After re-examining the right...
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I think it’s a Richmond issue, but what type I can’t tell. I suppose you could use the position of the crown relative to the CAROL.
I would say Romanos I, because there is a coin from Cherson with his monogram and Constantine VII’s. There is also a Cherson coin of just...
He died after a bout of drinking.
Your type is definitely on my list. It’s just hard to come by, probably because it was a better weight standard than the one before it.
I am perfectly willing to incorporate the new vocabulary, however. I hope you remember your plate coin!
These are the images of my coin when it sold at auction a couple years back. I have never heard of Krause images being called plate coins. I have...
They all have Manchurian writing on the back, so all of them are Qing. The top one is the emperor Qianlong (pronounced Chienlung). The one that...
Upon further inspection I believe the other obverse sigla on my coin is a lis. Time to find a die match![ATTACH]
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