I have literally ninety-eight more of those things sitting here in a (heavy!) box lot I bought recently, so I predict quite a few other people are...
No shortage of coats of arms or shields on this one! German States (Teutonic Order): silver 1/4-thaler of Grand Master Maximilian of Austria, ca....
I noticed the mark in the field above IG in RELIG, which comes through in both sets of photographs. Definitely the same coin. I have little...
Ahh, yes of course. William and Mary. Here they are again on a humble, "holey" 1693 Irish halfpenny. [IMG]
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My first piece of porcelain notgeld, a 1921 50-pfennig piece from Saxony. [IMG]
Good question. I just have this one. [IMG]
Here's Vabalathus and Aurelian on opposite sides of the same coin. (Picture stolen from @Mat - I used to own the coin, but he does now.) [IMG]...
Gee, never would've guessed that from your username. ;) Bust halves? What's not to like? I've always liked them, like most people, but lately...
Not anymore. I guess I've become too jaded. But I can remember enjoying that.
Both nice, but yes, definitely a clear upgrade there. Everything here so far is nice. @Meander's coin is a real stunner.
If @Bradley Trotter's attribution is correct, as I suspect it is, here are some eBay comparisons. Were I to speculatively pull a number out of...
Actually, the hole is a major criterion for it to fit in my collection. Can’t pin it to my cork board if it ain’t a “holey”! (Eventually, I’m...
I call coins like this “AG3.5” ;)
It’s just an irregularity of the coin’s surface. Post-mint.
Yes. The contrast is subtle, but it’s there. I like that type. There’s something about ‘em. I’m pretty sure it’s that full-bodied lion.
I wondered about the apparent bulge or protrusion seen at 6:00 on the rim at the bottom of the obverse photo in the original post, but curiously...
I should mention, however, that I would rather own one in slightly lower grade with a more original appearance. (Speaking purely hypothetically,...
No. The diameters are different. But the weight is an important statistic to know. The semissis was a half-solidus and the tremissis was a...
It’s not every day that one can point to a 106-year-old photograph of a coin in one’s collection!
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