1780 Thaler and 1/2 thaler. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1906 5 Lei to commemorate 40th Anniversary of Reign of Carol I. What do you think of the grade ? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for that old thread, very interesting. @aubade21, i feel US coin collectors are more strict on problem coins than the world coin collectors...
I hate slabbed coins, i cant feel them as i would like to on hand. But i now only buy slabbed coins. Why ? i dont want to pay $200-300 and only to...
So this is something being bothering me for quite some time. After the recent stacks bowers world coin auction i have to ask fellow coiners what...
could we have more details of your home lab please ?
lol , yes i did won these on heritage to much annoyance of my wife. I saved all this year and sold considerable portion of my crowns on ebay to...
Thank you Christian. I agree these are bit bulky to carry around. Most of the 2 talers i have seen in auction houses are in circulated conditions...
I just got my first Bavarian 2 Thalers and noticed a difference in sizes. Size of the first 2 thaler of 1840 is what i am used to see with my...
I assume you have compared the weight to catalog values and is non magnetic ?
It looks genuine to me. However there was no Philip VII around 1659 i could find.
Thanks JWT708. It is suppose to weigh around 56g, yes i thought the same that it is too heavy to wear. @GDJMSP, thanks for sharing those two...
I love big European silver crowns with beautiful designs. I have been waiting for long time to get hold of silver 2 ducats. Dutch provincial...
Beautiful coins, i am at awe how well these were preserved over the years.
I don't like the look of obverse, meaning suspicious if it is a reproduction. How much it weigh and is it magnetic ?
Love 16 gute groshen, I think thats 1/2 thaler. Thanks for sharing the coins and pictures. I can only dream travelling to Europe atm, maybe when...
I collect pre WWI silver world crowns mostly European. I can definitely say the prices have being going up for the past 3 years since i started...
Here is a couple of Danish crowns i own, 1863 2 Rigsdaler to commemorate Frederik VII's Death and Accession of Christian IX [ATTACH] 1838...
looks like a denga from russia. http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_loc=113
May i ask which auction house ?
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