Germany, Saxony. Leipzig. Maurice, Duke and Elector. 1541-1547-1553. Trinity Medal or “Moritz-Pfennig” (Silver, 103mm, 271.78 g 12), Leipzig, by...
It has the Lutheran creed on the back and the edge of the design refers to 1544 AD and a Duke of Saxony called Maurice...
Not tame, subtle. :) The Germans had not had the extra decades of anti religion that the Russians had had. Churches in communist Eastern Europe...
It was the East Germans who'd be keen to be freed from the liberators. The Ossie government might not have liked it but I could see such a piece...
The evidence indicates it was issued in East Germany in 1970.
The first one was an auction with BIN option It sold at the BIN price the seller selected.
How do you know the COA is authentic unless it comes with a COA.............and so on ad infinitum.
I have no doubt all the scouts will want is more about the hot wife. :-)
Is that a regnal year at the bottom, I see the number 2 in Chinese, so possibly year 2?
It says on it that it is a private issue note from J Creel and Co., of Jalapa. Presumably it served as local small change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistrian_ruble
but you can certainly rule out contemporary forgery because of its provenance. I don't see why. It came from Britain and there are quite a few...
I am quite happy with VF to EF depending on the coin, but I am not really interested in anything after about 1950.
The only interesting thing about this note is the illustration, if you look at it sideways, the neck looks like a wolf's head or a vampire biting...
God right now is just downright expensive again. It's those bishops and their Lexus habit.
Google streetview shows a small shop in a Paris backstreet which seems to be the home to Antic World Collections and St. Marc Collections, both at...
Scotland does not have a mint or issue coins, so anything you'd find would be unofficial, therefore not a coin.
The worst of luck to them. I hope that European collectors remain forever free of the parasitic leeches that have so wildly distorted the American...
The Act of Union that joined the kingdoms under James I of England and VIth of Scotland unified the currency. Despite its size Scotland is only...
Gayrard F. probably means Garard fils. (Son of Gayrard or Gayrard Jr.) Fecit is usually abbreviated to Ft or Fc. Since there is the son...
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