Canerrcoins, what is the weight on your 1742 8R? It looks suspect to me. This would directly affect value.
That's a great historical tidbit for the image. Thanks for posting it.
Jack, as long as you never regret having tried it out, its all good in the end. And welcome back to being a collector.
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Those are some great examples. Moroccan coinage is very artistic, and symmetrical. I have only a few coins from this era. Thanks for posting them.
I've been checking books out from the ANA library, since the ones I need are expensive and hard to find. One that was gifted to me recently was a...
It must refer to the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr District in Germany.
Hi, I only mentioned the leper colony in Addis Ababa because I know of its existence, having been there. I do not think there are any coins or...
Nice coins, the theory on favored use of the cracked die is interesting. I do work with overdates, but from a much later era. I have seen some...
You refer to the Petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. What is being represented on this coin is the entrance to the Chahar Minar mosque, India.
Searching for varieties is fun. Keep looking and you may find another one.
yes its a variety of a 1757 2 reales minted in Mexico city. The final 7 is over a 6. There aré several different 7/6 varieties for that year at...
I edited to say I'm no longer sure of the date. Yes, the date should be there, in Arabic numerals. There is both an acension date and a year of...
Its a fractional from India (Hydrabad Princely state). Looks like a 2 anna. Can't see enough details for the date.
Peruvian crowns, both from Spanish colonial times and from after independence, were popular media for counterstamping by other countries. The...
Great trivia, Clinker. Bolivar has appeared on Venzuelan coinage for almost 130 years. Chrisild is correct, the 1973 anniversary coin is to...
Those are quite interesting. What is the history that goes with them?
Nice pic of a great hornbill, tough to get a photo through wire mesh. Malaysia has quite a variety of hornbills. Also that's a great example of...
Here is a slightly older Brazilian coin. A 960 reis, 1819, Rio de Janeiro mint. As with many of these crowns, it is struck over a Spanish...
They are both Chinese cash coins. The first is clearly a modern reproduction. The second is from the Ch'ing dynasty, emporer Shih Tsu (1644-1661)....
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