It looks like a George III gold 1/3 guinea,probably from the early 1800's.Full guineas have the lettering right on the edge,1/2 guineas slightly...
LOL Horvath. Good Call there.:D
Bruce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Creative_Anachronism
Ian responded to one of the threads on a link in my last post.Another person also chimed in and said HE had the same jeton.This is raising a lot...
Tosiriano, Thank you so much for giving us the link to your site.I have been trying to attribute a coin that I purchased as a Juan I silver...
I agree with removing deposits of verdigris from modern coins as best you can but as far as ancients go...LEAVE THEM ALONE! Chances are if they've...
Bone,thanks They're a combination of 3 (or 4) ingedients; Harris 2x2 snap-locks for US coins (red=cents,gray=Sacagewea) Microsoft Word/paper...
It's another one of those Louis 14th Jetons.I believe this is the third post recently about the same type. terry...it's not an actual coin used...
Was it the "Swastika",the "1 Reichspfennig",the "1943" or the "Deutsches Reich" that makes you think that? LOL Jusy kiddin'!:D
Thanks for the heads up.The last 8 times you changed it,I had a heck of a time finding you.:kewl:
I picked up these two today,one from Berytos (Beirut) which was part of the Phoenician empire and the other from Neapolis,modern day Naples...
You might find this interesting silvereagle:...
Aidan, Also,most medals are struck with both obverse and reverse facing the same way whereas the majority of modern coinage has one up and one...
holy guacamole silver...Doug's gonna have a cow...right up his alley.In fact,I'M gonna have a cow too,it's perfect!
The funny thing is that a lot of coin shops,mine included,sell G-VG Indian head cents for $1 in a counter basket or bin.I was very excited to find...
While we wait for spiralstreet..... It's also interesting that fanams were issued 200-300 years ago and celtic coinage is almost all from...
In case anyone was wondering where the inspiration for Britannia comes from,look at these coins. It's almost plagiarism. I would also be a bit...
Yep,that's pretty old all right.Of course,to me,nothing made after 1500 AD is old but that's another story. What you have is called a "capped...
I agree that it's probably a token,most likely issued by a 17th-19th century European merchant for use in their establishment.The only legible...
Thanks troodon,I had no idea that the "brown" Ikes were silver clad like the "blues". When I look at them under indoor lighting,they look like any...
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