Heptagonal coins are cool. Those are great photos.
Date is BE 2505, which is about 1962 AD. It is, however, a frozen date.
Thanks for the description, I get it. Very cool coin.
Nice Southern Cross on the obverse. Is the coin convex on both sides, or flat?
This thread is not listed but it won. http://www.cointalk.com/t50143/
I'll be there for session I. Hobo, I assume you will be at the Saturday luncheon at the dorms, see you there. A YN from one of my local coin...
The coin on the right is a 1 yuan from Taiwan, dated year 49 (1960 AD), Y#536.
CA is the mintmark for Chihuahua. It is a common date from that mint, and the chop marks bring the value down a bit more.
Yes, oops, I see that now. Krause photos are not so great. This design came out almost identically in various provinces.
This is OT, but dougsmit that is my favorite Sassanian coin in your avatar. Varhran II and the queen, facing the prince.
Normal Chinese chop marks were made as matter of routine, and appear on a multitude of foreign coins that circulated there. And I should say that...
This is a 10 cash coin from China, Chekiang province. These were minted from 1903-1906, I can't tell if this one has a more specific date....
The year is Meiji year 27, or 1894 AD. The symbols punched in are Chinese chopmarks, placed on the coin to validate its silver content for...
The advent of World War I brought about many changes in Egypt. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire released Egypt from any subservience, real or...
The following is a condensed version, without much of the graphics and a shortened text, of an exhibit I put on at the latest Long Beach Coin...
Setting prices, controlling food supply, and producing coinage, that's a powerful combination. Thanks for the detailed information.
I was going to say that for the modern version, individuals and corporations with the means would be able to fund the making of tokens. But when...
Interesting pieces Ardatirion. Handful of those would have been a bit heavy. So similar to Hard Times and Condor tokens? Except that in the...
Nice group of coins, thanks for the trivia. The word 'lei' actually translates to silver purity, also spelled as 'ley' as in the Colombian 10...
From my perspective the show was good, very crowded Thursday, next two days were slower. The slow days allow more opportunity to sit and talk...
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