Was hoping you would post yours @Mat! I was curious about your mintmaster. Is that a P or an A?
A few years ago, a dealer at a coin show showed me an absolutely gorgeous Mezzanino Nuovo minted during the years of Doge Andrea Dandolo (r....
there’s loads out there than at first glance. There have been some impressive work done with diplomatics finding new connections, and I think...
Understood - I started with a desire to focus on England and Anglo-Gallic, but essentially have been priced out. Although I sometimes look at...
I paid almost $200 for mine back in 2015. Likewise, I probably overpaid, but I loved the counter stamps on this one, which I would not be able to...
@Roerbakmix - there’s still a part of me that’s saddened that you sold the Cnut, but I understand how nice that type of infusion of cash can be!...
I was about to say - hearing how your neighbor got the coin sounds like you should be suspicious of it’s authenticity, but that coin looked...
I’m rather excited by my recent acquisition, as I have been searching for a Scandinavian imitation of an English penny for some time now:...
I’ll add that I just use a cheap pocket camera (not a phone), two led lamps, and a home built wooden stand.
I would recommend taking the coins out of the 2x2s when you photograph them (At least the examples you have shown in this thread had them still on...
I still need an example of Puy, but I have the other two I mentioned: [ATTACH] French Feudal - Toulouse Raymond V-VII, r. 1148-1249 AR Denier,...
I believe this is an issue of the a Bishop of Puy who was the papal representative on this first crusade. His coins and the issues of the city of...
I am happy to report that all of my overseas purchases have safely arrived (8 coins, one book): [ATTACH] I have had 2 domestic coins arrive...
I’ve been reading through the Sear Books, and my initial impression is that they are useful for identification and attribution because they are...
No need! Vcoins has most (all?) of them online! I have already found them and am trying to find a way to read them offline...
Thank you for the kind words @+VGO.DVCKS, but more so to your reference of DeShazo! I had noticed CNG’s attribution of the coins you mention, but...
Thanks! My little collection of ugly coins grows... although I do find it funny that the early imitative is less ugly than some of the later...
Thanks guys - I’ll probably be on the lookout for one of the original Louis the Pious coins to compliment it. As is, once I read about this...
It has widely been acknowledged that the first coin issued by the Normans in Normandy was a denier by William Longsword which featured a cross...
I agree with the posts getting lost. At the same time though, I don’t know if there are enough of us to have a very lively community (one of the...
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