To semi-quote Wikipedia, Egypt was still technically Ottoman until November 5, 1914. They were declared a British protectorate on that date in a...
This piece has a similar corrosion spot. Only one other piece (1 Stiver from Essequibo and Demarary) has any corrosion spots. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
What would be the best thing to do with it?
Thanks for the replies! How much do you think this impacts the value? I’d say around 30-50% of the price of normal example.
Thank you for the second opinion. I was leaning towards cleaned, and you just helped me confirm that.
I am familiar with ways to tell silver cleaning. I feel like I’ve had a decent amount of experience to recognize a cleaned silver coin. However,...
Never mind, I found them both! They are both from the Bengal Presidency.
I have two Indian coins and have no idea what they are besides an educated guess. On the Islamic side I can read 28 or 38 (I’m not exactly sure...
Maurice only reigned twenty years, so yes, it is Justinian I. For recommendations, wildwinds.com. Everything else has already been said.
38 mm if I remember right. It’s been a while since I’ve measured or weighed it though. I’ll check in the next day or two.
Nice new one! This is another Justinian from the second officina in Constantinople in 541/42. These photos were taken with an iPhone 8. No real...
Well, that was fun!
Yep! It’s not the most common date either. Someday I’ll get one of them.
Here’s my lifetime drachm from CNG. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 328/5-323 B.C., struck at Lampsakos under Kalas or Demarchos, whoever they were.
I just had a similar circumstance, but instead of 500 yen coins it was a 1,000 yen note from the 1984 series. I don’t think I’ll exchange it...
What about the Byzantine market? It may not serve any practical purpose to me, but the opinions on the other markets were interesting to read about.
It’s a trachy of Theodore Commenus-Ducas, who was the emperor of Thessalonica. The reference is SB 2168, and it was issued from 1224 to 1230. So,...
Thank you very much! Thank you for your compliment! You are absolutely right. Also, thanks to seeing your wonderful specimens, I may have to buy...
Here’s a group photo of mine. I wanted to get a representative emperor for each dynasty (preferably the best one, by my criteria). I am missing...
Your coin is actually Vietnamese, from the reign of Thàn Thái (1888-1907). It’s 10 van. It’s also listed here.
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