I know a Marc Breitsprecher flip when I see one! :)
:eek::nailbiting: "Jewellery". "Hoovering". I know what side of the pond you're from! ;)
ROFL :hilarious: Excellent!
Sadly, I have half a dozen stories like this ... some with happy endings, but others full of tears and gnashing of teeth, which remain unsolved...
So then, this morning, I'm putting up some stuff on eBay, so I get out my little red swapstock box ... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] *whew!* Better late...
So, remember this Constantine I campgate that was the subject of a recent thread, when I was playing around with animated GIFs? [IMG] (Seasick...
FDR got nailed by a vampire on that lower one! ;)
:hilarious::banghead: [IMG] [IMG]
Yeah, someone or something ground the date off, somehow (after it left the mint, so not an error).
Time for 1621? Here's a Polish ort I had on my old Holey Coin Vest. [IMG]
If one considers 1600 the "cutoff date" for the Renaissance, this one is stretching the envelope and is perhaps a tiny bit late, but I love it and...
Here are some "bygones" ... *snif* Medieval Croatia (Ragusa): silver grosso portraying St. Blasius and Christ, ca. 1372-1438 [IMG] Italy...
Here's an inexpensive new purchase which is on its way from Europe. France (Duchy of Lorraine): silver "sword" type demi-gros of Antoine the...
I've already admired your avatar, but that Milanese testone is a stunner! The Cellini scudo d'oro is impressive, too. All great stuff. Here is...
Let's go to Russia and visit Catherine the Great. [IMG]
Now, c'mon, even y'all who hate slabs have gotta admit, those are classy looking, and a really neat way (if a bit pricey) to give a Widow's mite...
I suppose it could be a proof with the mirrors hazed over (or just really subdued), but I just don't see it.
Always thought those were a bizarre, rather trippy design. Wonder what that's all about. Maybe I'll get around to looking it up on Numista one...
Interesting font. I wonder if these are listed in the Krause Unusual World Coins volume. Aha. That "X11" notation seems to indicate so.
Nice BU, but not a proof.
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