Hello Larry Sorry not responding sooner. Your 8 reales cob is a very interesting coin. It was minted in Potosi in what is now Bolivia. The...
Uruguay, 1844, peso, Montevideo siege issue, coin alignment. KM 5 26.53 grams [ATTACH] Mexico, 4 reales, Guanajuato, 1845 PM. KM 375.4 13.43...
One more... Peru, South Peru, 8 reales, Cuzco, 1838 BA. KM 170.4 27.1 grams [ATTACH]
Mexico Republic, 8 escudos, 1836 PJ, Go. KM 383.7 26.91 grams [ATTACH]
I will try to get more information from the seller regarding this group of owls. Sellers unfortunately tend to be quite reticent divulging...
I noticed, in October of 2022, a group of owls, virtually all pharaonic from Syria offered on eBay by a couple of Israeli sellers. They all are...
Mexico, 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1821 CG, Durango. KM 111.2 26.8 grams [ATTACH] Brazil, 960 reis, 1824, Bahia, struck over a Potosi 8...
India, AV mohur, EIC, 1820, Fame (1822), salvaged (10-1965). KM 421.2 11.64 grams [ATTACH]
Nice coin! I think you'll find that those green deposits very hard, almost rock hard. They are not affected to any great degree by distilled...
That's a great example! I find fourrée coins fascinating and a world of their own. Is your coin an imitation or a fourrée? I think it is both....
Here are a couple of hook-neck 8 reales, Mexico, and a sun and mountains 8 reales, Guatemala. Mexico Republic, 8 reales 1823 JM, Mexico City. KM...
Justin II, AE follis, Antioch, Year 1, 565/66 AD, officina A. SB 378 15.8 grams [ATTACH] Next: Cherson
That's right. My coin is something of a hybrid insofar as Byzantine/Christian symbols are incorporated in the design, compared to the more...
Interesting coin! I only have a few Parthenian coins, and only one for Orodes II. This is a tetradrachm struck following the death of his...
Lovely coin and nice presentation! Here's a recent acquisition (2022), which unfortunately has some incipient bronze disease. I have the coin in...
Justinian I, follis, Constantinople, year 32, 558/59. From Roma E-Sale 94, lot 147. Sear 163 17.96 grams [ATTACH] Next: Antioch
Thanks! I love them as well. The hammer struck copper coins have the rugged character similar to cobs. Also, these coins were very plentiful...
Thanks! I didn't collect very many French coins, let alone Napoleonic, during my crown collecting years, but I do like to have coins with...
Mexico, Morelos, copper "SUD" TC (Tierra Caliente), 1813. Insurgent issue. [ATTACH] Mexico, Morelos, cast silver "SUD" 1813. Insurgent...
Yes, but you might need to look at provincial coinage, Alexandria specifically. There's also a very rare denarius of Claudius on the obverse and...
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