Can someone please tell me where this coin is from. I've been sorting thru my wife's collection and am able to identify most, but this one...
I cant really make it out, but it looks to me like a French coin. Compare http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/fp3bg.jpg which is not the same coin,...
Not a whole lot there to judge on, but I recommend ALWAYS supplying size and weight data to help identification.
Looks neat to me. Why should encircling a coin in a gold ring be any worse than slabbing it? I can understand that boring a hole or sautering...
Thanks very much for the swift reply!
I haven't yet got Krause for the 18th Century, so pls help me identify this coin I just bought. Belgian seller says he found it on the...
Hi thanks for the tip. Not that I didn't believe you, but after Lenin's motto "Trust is good, control is better" I visited a local coin shop with...
I hope this is as close as Dubya ever comes to getting his face on a coin (but you're right, it does look like him).
Wow, thanks for the info! I take it Delmonte is a book? Does stuviers mean it's Dutch? Where can I find out more about it? Does R1 mean it's...
Can anybody give me a clue as to the country of origin and approximate date of this silver coin I just got? Legend reads "Sanct Oswald Rex...
No, I am not under the illusion that everything has restrikes, recognize they are infrequent (as well they should be). But if a coin is really...
$18000 4-ducat That's what "Gold Coins of the World" (8th Ed.) says on page 118, about item 500 under Austria. It has a young Franz Josef's...
Would it not be more useful for all if this thing were organized by pennies, quarters, dollars, etc., plus the necessary "all other"? Does the...
You can say that again. "Gold Coins of the World" 8th Ed. tells me there is also a restrike of the 1873 4-ducat worth around $1400, but the...
Thanks, that's a big help!
Please excuse the stupid question, but "lamination" for me means something to do with plastic sheets. You seem to be talking about something...
Wow, a beauty!. May one ask, where did you find it? A coin show, or your own Hungarian samizdat dealer?
1915 4 Dukat So 1915 4-Dukat pieces are by definition restrikes, and if I found a 1914 or 1899 piece it would not be? (Assuming the Austrian...
There are a number of coins relatively recently struck from old dies, e.g. one of the handsomest is the 1915 Austrian 4-dukat piece, restruck ca....
What is the problem with PayPal? I've noticed a lot of European dealers don't accept PayPal--or accept it only for overseas purchasers. What...
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