Only my second Medieval era coin. Obverse Cross pattée. Lettering: ✠ ⚜ PhS • P • TAR • DESP ⚜ Unabridged legend: Philippus, princeps Tarenti,...
You may be correct, but when I click the jpg image file (in blue) and look at the image in major enlargement it looks to me like a die chip on the...
I think, unfortunately, you have a large date. The upper bend of the 9 has to angle sharply toward the 7. Yours looks to bend toward the mintmark...
The Philippines coin of 1944 was either struck in Denver of San Francisco, the mintmark will either be a D or S....
Coins can be struck in medal (horizontal) or coin (vertical) orientation, depending on the country that issues the coin.
The Mexican is a commemorative of Mayan culture https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces987.html
You may be seeing what people are trying to sell them for. There is a big difference between that and what they are actually selling for.
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Looks to be more like split plate doubling IMO. Very common on copper covered zinc coins. If you see below the E of ONE, the darker line is the...
It is the result of overpolishing of the die by a mint worker. To eradicate signs of a clash, it is done to many dies and is fairly common....
@Helloo The edge is designed that way. The coin is copper covered steel, so will be ferro-magnetic and stick to a magnet.
Absolutely agree with you. Very attractive engraving on their examples.
Thank you
I have a lovely Herrenia Etrucilla but a very worn, overcleaned issue of her husband Well, that has all changed with the arrival today of a much...
I have over 100 of them in 5DM and 10DM denominations. I agree, a number of them are plain and rather boring.
In 1987 the City of Berlin celebrated its 750th Anniversary. This coin shows the Berlin bear stylised as the City. Type Non-circulating coin Year...
I bought this coin because of the parallels between the reverse and the mythological story of the future founding of Rome in Virgil´s Aeneid This...
I have frequently seen this reverse with Husband and Wife on the obverse, but I have rarely seen this type with only Tranquillina on the obverse....
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