Those are wonderful folles! Very choice. One of the last auctions conducted by Roma Numismatics featured a nice run of Byzantine bronze coins,...
Nice example, Chris! Here's mine, purchased from Hal Blackburn in the early 80s: Germany, Gustauvs Adolphus, Erfurt Purimstaler, 1632. Davenport...
New Spain, Philip IV, Mexico, 8 reales, 1633 D. KM unlisted 27.4 grams [ATTACH] Spain Philip IV, Seville, 8 reales, 1633 R. KM 80 27.40 grams...
This Potosi 8 reales cob, due to the crude strike, has a clear date for 1634 on the cross side. Sometimes sloppiness pays off! Viceroyalty of...
Nice! That is the first fourree Parthenian tetradrachm that I've seen. I suppose that the practice of making fakes was widespread, but I would...
Thanks! The Velázquez painting refers to a siege by the Spanish on the city of Breda in 1624, which resulted in the surrender of the city and its...
Enter the "Queen". It's about as close to royalty that my peasant-based family will ever get! Spain, Philip IV, 50 reales, Segovia, 1635,...
The date is a little weak on this cob, but I think it is 1636. There's a suggestion of a 6 (last numeral of date) just past 11 o'clock on the...
A fascinating account of, at least in my case, an unknown facet of this turbulent time in Roman and Parthenian history. Orodes II was quite the...
When I first started collecting world coins, I concentrated on the milled colonial and republican coinage of Mexico, but also to a lesser extent...
Here's a coin for 1639: Viceroyalty of Peru, Potosi, 8 reales, 1639 TR. KM 19a 27.5 grams [ATTACH] And a painting by an important 17'th...
Netherlands, United Provinces, Deventer, lion daalder, 1640. KM 52; Davenport A4873 26.89 grams Note: First year for this civic mint. [ATTACH]
Love that wildman!
Here are a few for 1641. Netherlands, United Provinces, Overijssel, lion daalder, 1641. Davenport 4860 27.09 grams [ATTACH] Netherlands, United...
Here's one more coin for 1643: Spain, Philip IV, 8 reales, Seville, 1643 (R). KM 39.6, Cal 615. 27.2 grams The date may be a stretch, but there...
Thank you. It would be very interesting to see the mintage figures for the pound and half pound coins. My understanding is that half pound coins...
A very impressive coin, and quite an account! These coins were made with silver from other coins and silver plate, as I understand, so silver...
Thank you! That coin came from Worldwide Coins of California in the early 1990s.
Ireland, Charles I, Ormonde crown, 1643-1644. Davenport 3792 29.2 grams [ATTACH] England, Charles I, Oxford declaration half pound, 1643....
Vice Royalty of Peru, Potosi, 8 reales, 1644 FR. "Furry" lions. KM 19a 27.7 grams [ATTACH]
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