Thanks for posting that. Those seem to go for a very heavy premium. 1891 only had a mintage if 25,000. All years have a rather low mintage.
What, no emperor Maximilian I of Mexico? Always wanted that coin but they are very expensive
Thanks for posting these, I particularly like the the elephant coins. Just got an elephant coin of King George III for Ceylon.
The breakdown of vote totals are available online and he got 23 percent. That is about 521,000 votes out of close to 3 million votes. I would...
While I won't argue the point, I wouldn't say this. While the Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba got 23 percent of the vote which was a...
Indeed cannibalism was a problem in the Congo. The Casement Report was not favorable to the Free State government but he did say that it appeared...
I would think you would do better to read the casement report.
The base unit of value in early Rome was actually bronze.
I have quite a lot of seriously undersized coins and while this is not the most grievously undersized coin I have, it's the only one I bothered...
Very interesting!
It's hard to say. I have read a lot about Mobutu Sese Seko and the events surrounding his rise to power and the independence of the Congo and...
Heart of Darkness was an outstanding book, one if the best books I have ever read. One of two books, I, Claudius being the other, that inspired me...
Numbers are important as I said. Tell a Jewish person that numbers aren't important. You are quoting something that is a 'it is said...' blurb and...
It is important to keep history honest but it is also important not to muddy it any further than it already is. It's a fine line and that was one...
I did not ignore the crimes against humanity committed there. I clearly state that no reputable historian would. I simply point out the...
They certainly had nice coin design at least. The obverse is like the Cuban silver star peso. I love unique relics like this, thanks for posting it.
Could you please cite or link the source of the refutation. The source of this claim is the personal papers of Leopold's Secretary of State Baron...
This coin was engraved in 1864 by the sculptor Leopold Wiener. Wiener was from a Jewish family of engravers born on July 02, 1823. His older...
SILVER 5 FRANCS COIN - BELGIUM - KING LEOPOLD II - Brussels Mint Date: A.D. 1873 [ATTACH] Obverse: Portrait head left - LEOPOLD II ROI DES...
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