That's a very nice coin, minted during the early years of Holland's war against Spain, a war that would last until 1648. Lion daalders were...
That's an exquisite coin! I'd like to see an enlarged photo of it. Listen, a little perspective helps in this kind of situation. We all get...
Here's another LD that I photographed today. I spend a lot of time trying to get the best resolution, but I'm usually not satisfied with the...
Probably about as rich as these characters: [ATTACH]
A good number of my purchases have been through eBay, with dealers I know and trust. Otherwise, my acquisitions are through auction, auction...
Very nice! Me likeeee!
That's an excellent price for an excellent coin! My least costly Byzantine gold coin is this crude AV hyperpyron of Andronicus II and Michael IX,...
$24, not including sales tax. [ATTACH]
That's a beautiful coin! Your coin is one of the lucky ones. It is not corroded and the strike is very good. Yes, it has been cleaned, as noted...
That's true - the knight's head is different stylistically, but the coin's legends seem similar to the Transylvanian coin, and the treatment of...
My main go-to book on these and other coins cataloged by Davenport is an old reference published by Krause in 1982. It is compact and quite...
That must have been a great buy for you, at the price of an Utrecht daalder! I noticed that Heritage made the same error at one of their auctions...
There is a gargantuan Ukrainian proof silver kilo 100 Hryven that is up for bidding at Roma's XXIV Auction on March 28th. There are no bids so...
Yes, imitation is the term to use for these non-Dutch lion daalders. They were imitated for pretty much the same reason that other types of coins...
Bingo! This lion 1638 daalder of Georg Rakoczi I of Transylvania came by way of the World-Wide auction in May 2017. Gamberini 60 26.8 grams...
That's a very nice coin and a very scarce mint! I've collected these historically significant and fascinating coins for many years, though now...
Utrecht, 1638, though I must say the style is somewhat odd, I guess just idiosyncrasies typical of these coins, but it could be an imitation,...
Does this photo of your first OP coin look better? I used haze reduction in Photoshop and reduced the lighting. [ATTACH] For the second photo,...
Modern jewelry coin, a poor reproduction. For a general guide, here's what an authentic hammered cob looks like: [ATTACH]
Here are three more recent purchases. This is a coin that I have been seeking for a while. A lot of the examples on the market have fair to poor...
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