Care to share?
I've got San Marino, Monaco, England and Germany.
I daren't. But I do have some exciting things coming.
Google translate will do this if you do it from the app on your phone. You press the camera icon and it will scan the text... Also useful for...
Buying coins from Italy is always like this, in my experience (minus covid, of course.) I mainly collect Italian coins so I've gotten used to it--...
This coin is a great example to look at, actually, to learn what a cast coin looks like. It has all the characteristic softness/soapiness and...
The female figure is Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans who was duchess of Montpensier from 1627-93. I believe that she issued good silver coinage which...
[ATTACH] Galla Placidia (died 450 AD).AE 12.5 mm. Rome mint.Obv. [DN GALLA PLACIDIA PF AVG]. Pearl-diademed and draped bust right.Rev. SALVS...
I noticed that bunch of bargain Etruria coins too, and was definitely tempted!
I'll check that out!
Browsing the Roma Auction in the middle of the night last night, looking for lots I might be interested in to share shipping with my main target...
My own humble, but much loved, Cleo & Antony fourree: [ATTACH]
I recommend the auction aggregators numisbids, biddr, sixbid, bidinside and deamonta. Most of the auction houses on those sites are very good,...
Ferdinand Hodler the seminal swiss painter, designed the 50 and 100 Franken notes in 1911, that remained in use through the 1940s. Here's the...
Another fascinating item I came across recently: the $3 banknote featuring John James Audubon's first commercial illustration-- of a grouse!...
Here is another coin type that I recently learned about: [IMG][IMG] The Teston of Henri II designed by the artist Marc Béchot. Courtesy...
Here's another favorite historical coin: [ATTACH] Tiberius (14-37 AD). Struck Medal, around 1550. Dies by Giovanni da Cavino. O / TI CAESAR...
@hotwheelsearl Like you, I am unaware of any of the famed ancient artists designing coins--although I do believe there are a few coin designs that...
I'd like to revive this thread with two scudi d'argento of Charles V, both with dies by the great sculptor Leone Leoni. The first is held by the...
[ATTACH] Julius II (1503-1513) Julius II, Bologna. O/ IVLIVS • II • PONTIFEX • MAXIMVS • Bust of pope right, with cope. R/ S • P • BONON-IA •...
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