My favorite coin: This 1766 William Pitt Farthing commemorates the english Statesman who defended the rights of the American Colonists before...
I have bough coin with holes in them because they happen to be very rare. So, damaged is acceptable (to me) if the rarity, and/or the historical...
Quote from @Jack D. Young : "Eduard, is this for all grades or in general? The large cent variety market has certainly gone down recently, maybe...
Was looking at Ebay completed prices out of curiosity this morning and noticed these are currently going for (a lot?) less than 5-10 years ago?...
This link lists all of the mintmarks for most Spanish kings: https://www.maravedis.net/cecaslista.html For Carlos III the following are listed:...
Thank you, @I.cutler for your comment. I would have been happy with a halfpenny as well, and in fact, that is what i was initially looking for....
Thank you, Collecting Nut, for your kind comment. Finding this piece gave me an excellent opportunity to read up on this and other events on the...
Thank you, @Oldhoopster .As you state, the Pitt tokens certainly has a lot of historical background. That is the reason why I appreciate the type...
Thank you for your replies. Thank you, @ksparrow, for me what is special about this Token is the history behind it. You truly feel like you are...
It took six weeks for the news to reach America, but when it did, the reaction amongst the inhabitants of the American Colonies was one of great...
I thought that was a good price.
$ 79 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thank you, @physics-fan3.14 , that is a logical, concise explanation.
Thanks for the explanation. I will have to google the difference between a repunched date and an overdate since I am not knowledgeable in this area.
Some light rim damage or corrosion spot on rim on obverse left of date, as well as light scratches across the nose. Otherwise a nice coin......
Thank you @Hookman and @mullah for the information. I had read somewhere that only 30 or so existed. I see now that is way off the mark. It is...
Seems like a very popular coin. I don't know how may times I've seen threads entitled something like 'I have this 1888 IHC - is it the 1888/7 ? '...
Doppeltaler Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha. (The first King of Belgium, Leopold I, was a prince born into the House of Sachsen-Coburg)....
Doppeltaler Kingdom of Saxony (Sachsen), 1861. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I will continue adding to the thread where I left off some time ago, with the Doppeltaler of the Deutsche Bund. After that, return to the minor...
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