BTW, yes, those are French privy marks flanking the date on your Greek coin. A huge quantity of European and world coins were struck in Paris...
Now THAT type I'm familiar with, and have always liked. This French Essai from my Eclectic Box collection has a prominent designer's name below...
Oh! I would LOVE to see any of those you have pictures of!
Ancient Greece (Pontos, Amisos): silver Persic standard drachm featuring Hera and owl, ca. 400-350 BC [IMG]
Owls are a theme dear to my heart. :) Ancient Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm, Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC [IMG]...
You didn't dig that aureus in your new avatar, did you? If I dug something like that, you'd have to widen the hole and bury me in it, because I...
Careful with those beers, or you'll end up sporting a collection of colorized plastic "Hello Kitty versus Godzilla" medallions after a frenzied...
Yeah, I had to look him up.
Ah, neat. I never noticed the little horned critter on that Albanian coin. Just figured that fella had a particularly pointy cap on. Funny how...
I was unfamiliar with this 1975 CuNi issue. Interesting. Perhaps it was made with some intention to cash in on the Panama Pill's popularity? It...
Here's the 1907 on NGC. There were later CuNi types as well.
That one would've been more than welcome on my old Holey Coin Vest. Nowadays I only do love tokens and trench art engraved pieces, rather than...
Love the owl, love the patina. I've come really close to grabbing similar Seleucid owls on at least a couple of occasions, but it didn't quite...
Wow. I. Have. No. Idea. That's interesting. I've never noticed these, and if I had seen just one example, I'd have immediately assumed "machine...
They certainly knew how to do gaudy impressive uniforms back then, didn't they?
No Kaiser Bill birdheaded portrait on this, but it's a neat piece of German WW1 trench art I picked up for my growing love token/engraved...
To my knowledge, only the 1904 issue (the tiny silver piece) has this nickname. The later (copper-nickel) issues were bigger, and therefore not...
Here's the coin I was thinking of. (This one isn't mine - I've had the type before, but not a proof.) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (Image credit: NGC.)
Handsome fella. I certainly know how they like to "help out" with tasks like that. [ATTACH]
Alas, one fewer, now. But that just means I'll have to get busy finding something cool to take its place. ;)
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