Let's wrap up the "gilt, enameled, or colorized" theme with this 1840 Napoleon funeral medal, and switch the theme to "landscapes, pastoral...
I believe you are correct in that assumption. I have seen a few of these before. I really like that one. It's a nice example. I don't know if...
Now those are monsterish.
Yeah, basically, but that someone was the Royal Canadian Mint.
I've been wary of that (and heaven knows the Krause/Numismaster/NGC site is utterly riddled with errors), but often one source will come in handy...
British East Africa Protectorate. Play from modern Kenya. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Hm. Krause/Numismaster/NGC says .917 fine for this type. Numista, too?
Non-Latin characters. Switch theme to "gilt, enameled or colorized". [IMG]
My Saxony "3 Brothers" thaler finally cleared all the transatlantic COVID customs delays and has arrived from Germany. The next leg of its...
SW from Bangladesh across the Bay of Bengal to Ceylon. (Play from modern Sri Lanka.) Like this Ceylon half cent? It could be yours. Enter the...
Hawaii, 1883. Next may play from Hawaii, USA, or 1883. [IMG]
Very handsome.
Helps? Yes, immensely. Thank you. Both of you, @willieboyd2 & @1934 Wreath Crown. That untangles some of the Gordian knots of those inscriptions.
In short, my kinda coin. :)
I totally agree with you there.
You're right on both counts. The half-escudo was the better coin in terms of value (key date, lucky cherrypick), but there is indeed no bad gold,...
Lovely UNC!
The half-escudo is scarcer and the key date for its entire series, however. And I paid less than 40% of catalog for it! So it was a really nice...
Thanks! It cost me less than $200 before slabbing. Krause XF price is $500, so even if that turns out to be inflated, I feel it was a great...
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