Willie, I used this thread,since I think it was your last "coins in old movie" one,to tell you that I just watched "Swing Time" with Fred Astaire...
Thanks guys, Incidently,as you probably already know,Frederic Henri de Nassau was grandfather to William III,king of England,Scotland and Ireland...
1625-1647 I believe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange
It is a double tournois of Frederic Henri de Nassau,Prince of Orange (father of William II of Orange) which I believe is now in Holland.The...
I found these in my stocking Christmas morning and nobody in my family will own up to putting them there.They all seemed genuinely surprised and...
Let's also not forget that for the past two years,all of the coins in the Mint sets are satin finish,and IMO they look a lot nicer than regular...
Bruce, There are a few close-ups on this guys page,down near the bottom....
Eddy...I'm surprised you didn't read my "scholarly" article on Roman coin sizes...LOL http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=19497
I was just about to add Willie's name when you posted.Sorry Willie..good job! The way I attributed this coin is from the reverse.Only three...
Anemic Oak is dead on. It's an AE2 bronze of Valentinian 367-375 AD.The obverse reads DN VALENTINIANVS P F AVG and the reverse shows security...
I'm with Freddy...slight amount of wear but outstanding detail for a coin this age.I'm going with AU-50 cleaned.I'd love to own it!!
Aidan,here's one photo I managed to find..so far. And Wikipedia has a page with all present and future designs,including Slovenia:...
LOL..good one doug.Merry Christmas!:hail:
Chris, do you know a good place to order them from,other than ebay?I'd like to get a set to add to my 12 country collection.
Very interesting Clinker! The most unusual fact,at least to me,is the Dominican coins that we made using the Paris "A" Mintmark. That's false...
There are lots of places online, Here's one that looks good: http://www.collectoronline.com/10074/InventoryPage/1625216/2.html
I found this parody of "Night Before Christmas" on Coin Galaxy,so all due credit to them.I'm sure they won't mind sharing with fellow coin nuts...
My box was crunched as well.Maybe this is the "mailman's revenge" for having to deliver all of those coins from the mint.Fortunately,it wasn't bad...
I think ND86 told us in another thread that they will be bundled into one big proof set consisting of 3 seperate boxes enclosed in 1 sleeve.
Here's a couple for sale on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOKEN-1837-VICTORIA-HANOVER_W0QQitemZ330064515368QQihZ014QQcategoryZ72385QQcmdZViewItem...
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