By another very talented engraver, Joseph-Francois Domard. He also won the Prix de Rome for engraving about ten years after Nicolas-Pierre...
By all means post what you like!! Nice collection. I what to add coins from Louis XVIII and Charles X to my collection.
Very appealing coin of the type and I like the type a lot so it has everything going for it to my little eye.
The first one is in such great shape ..great coin with very interesting reverse
Nice design. :)
BRONZE 10 CENT COIN - FRENCH COLONIAL - LOUIS PHILIPPE I KING OF THE FRENCH Paris Mint Date: A.D. 1843 [ATTACH] Obverse: Portrait Laureate head...
Yes, I know you are quoting him. Was Hochschild there? "furnaces of the palace in Brussels are said..." Who said? Anyway...I do understand that...
If it wasn't being documented because it wasn't being reported because it wasn't official policy then.... I wouldnt presume to know and certainly...
The Congo Free State was established in 1885 so you are basing when he knew by when it was first publish...okay...that is fair since certainly he...
All you had to say was that the sky is falling oh great prognosticator!! Laconic is always preferable to long and rambling diatribe.
When it comes to physical currency it is ideal for the medium used to be as cheap as possible as it only represents value...it isn't the value....
My only objection was to this statement which is objectively untrue. Certainly Leopold knew what took place in the Congo, the question remains...
Do not look up...
Reports of his size I believe are probably highly exaggerated but I think there is a kernel of truth there that he was probably a big guy.
I saw the episode where Jon was trying to spin the coin but I just couldnt pause it at a place where you could see the coin. Today I saw the...
An argument could be made that coinage in general is no longer needed. Certainly we don't need 1 dollar coins. Most people don't use them and...
I have done quite a bit of traveling myself but never to Borneo but I would love to one day. As for the Dayaks, if I am not mistaken, it is an...
This so happens there is a thread for the Raj of Sarawak as well. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-white-raja-of-sarawak.361676/#post-4568228 :)
ONE CENT COIN - BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY - COAT OF ARMS Date: 1891 [ATTACH] Obverse: Coat of arms of the British North Borneo Company and...
[ATTACH] Coin came in...feel like I owe you a finder's fee but I will just say thanks :)
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