Yep, it's properly "beastly". I do not like a lot of the "monster toned" Franklins out there. This one I do.
Cool issue. I was once fortunate enough to cherrypick one from a bulk World coin lot, around 2005-'06! The brass splasher in it was nice and...
Now you've got me wondering about coins from Tamerlane.
So said the old paper envelope. I got it from CNG.
Crusader States (Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus): silver gros petit of Henry II, ca. 1285-1324 (PCGS VF35; ex-J. Schulman, Amsterdam, 1939) [IMG]
Scotland: silver penny of Alexander III, second coinage, ca. 1249-1286, Edinburgh mint [IMG]
Turkey (Seljuks of Rûm): silver dirham of Kaykhusraw II; lion & sun, AH 638 (1240-1241) [IMG]
England: silver penny of King John, ca. 1213-1215, from the Gisors hoard found in Normandy [IMG]
England: silver Short Cross penny of King John (1199-1216), struck in the name of Henry II, ca. 1205 (PCGS AU55) [IMG]
German States (Brunswick-Lüneburg): silver bracteate of William Longsword, ca. 1195-1213 [ATTACH]
Sicily (Norman Kings): gold tari of Guglielmo I ("William the Bad"), ca. 1154-1166 [ATTACH]
England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Edward the Confessor, struck ca. 1062-1065 [ATTACH]
Not bad for 15 bucks. I’d hang that on my hat.
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