I'm a bit wary of having coins anywhere near *anything* PVC. Most collectors actually use those `unplasticised' flips. They are still PVC,...
I think the crucial factor for any collector is to ensure that they store their valuable coins as well as is possible (ie ones you would feel a...
All I know with any degree of certainty is that it is not a coin. It may indeed be some type of token but most jetons / tokens have two sides...
I think this is beginning to sound more like a scene from `Macbeth' (the three witches in particular) rather than a cure for a slight hint of...
That one has me beat. First, I doesn't look like silver to me. Second, the lettering used on the item looks far too modern for it's over all...
Here's my one and only brass `Napoleon le Miserable/ Vampire Francais' on a 5 centimes size flan. To be honest, I haven't a clue when they were...
A statement about nothing that seems to be lost in its own insignificance?
Have a look at what the expectations are for this type of piece in france (data courtesy of cgb.fr) Each item on the list is clickable and...
The reverse of the 40 Fr is an obvious `mirror image', but the obverse of the second coin is also `mirror imaged'. (Ferdinand II Medici). The...
I know what you mean Roy. I usually err on the side of reticence in concluding something to be `genuine'. However i'm rarely so reticent in...
I've got a brass one somewhere. It's what the french call `cuivre jaune' or `yellow copper'. I'll dig it out, scan it and post it here when i get...
Sounds similar to the `quality' one I showed. It really is a beautiful piece of engraving, but a bit characterless. Certainly does sound like...
Their site seems to have been being updated. it is behaving rather eratically in my web browser, but it is there Bypass the intro and go...
I wish I could help you by confirming the attribution but I only got a couple of sassanian pieces myself a mere few months ago and had to plead...
I'm pretty sure that I can see the engraved `sash' curling around the eagle breast and up the back of its head (in one direction) and down past...
Neat! You did really well at that price. These usually go for a lot more (many for over €65). Here's the images of the one you just bought....
Ah. Now you have me jealous. I gave up looking for that set of books a few years ago because I simply couldn't afford it then, and my interest...
Good on yah! BTW It is most unusual to find both sides `treated', but not unheard of. It usually alters the eagle to make it look like an owl with...
Seems to be the case that most have been binned. Every successive change of coinage makes that possibility more probable so slowly but surely the...
It's hard to tell what it might have been after the fact. For example, i've come across lacquered coins in the past. That is, coins that have been...
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