I remember your previous post :thumb: I'm not here to defend any particuliar grading system ... Yes they all have their problems and...
siggi, You stated "The 70 point system takes in effect weak strikes." From my experience with strictly gold hammered coins .. the Sheldon...
Stainless my buddy:hug:.. your already off your goal ..... "one coin of every country, in BU" !! The China's nice but is it BU? I know.. I know...
One tibit of information I'd like to point out about the coin. How does one know what mint this coin was struck one may ask?? Notice on the...
I've been checking all my internet references and have found a little information, but no mintages. Not many porcupines out there! A little...
Doug, Is it Duplessy 655 ? Is it the Lyon mint that lends to its scarcity? It amazes me that they can pinpoint the exact mint date .... I guess...
Thanks Doug. You know last night when I was entering all my information on this coin into my book, I noticed the obverse legend was different...
Very Nice and killer toning. Wow what a low mintage !!
My latest addition and just a wonderful symbolic piece of history from early France!! France Ecu d'or au Porcepic ND (1498-1515) King Louis...
Scotland ... nice old gold pieces are hard to come by
Here are a couple of more "non-Netherlands" ducats German States (Mainz) 1795 Ducat [IMG][IMG] and who says a ducat has to be round...
Zohar .... WOW HIHO .... WOW Both of you have first class collections:hail: The art work on those medals is phenominal ....... Thanks to...
That's a tough one .... I was fortunate to be able to acquire so many great coins in 2009 !! But my favorite (a this moment) would have to be...
I second Ardatirion's suggestion ! Abebooks represents bookstores from around the world and Charles Davis' always has a very good selection of...
GCL, I would say in general for one graded MS probably $700-$1000+. Some doge issues are rarer than others and therefore bring much higher prices....
My speciman of a Venetian Ducat Dated (1356-1361) - Doge Giovanni Dolfin NGC MS63 [IMG][IMG] Design: OBVERSE: Doge (or Duke) kneeling...
I was thinking Russian ... but could not find a matching coin in my referrence books.
There is another ducat I wish to share with all of you with some interesting history..... Netherlands (Utrecht) 1724 Ducat [IMG][IMG] A...
If you have no scale .... A sovereign is a about the size of a USA nickel and a 1/2 sovereign is a about the size of a USA dime
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