I show below a recent purchase, one that has blown the coin budget for the time being. Some background: The Captaincy-General of Guatemala...
It does look a bit like a prutah from Alexander Jannaeus, at least on the obverse.
Just to be clear, the M with o on top does denote the mint (Mexico City), but FM are the assayers' initials.
Well, ifoundit, looks like you have to be more specific with your picture. All I see is a stock photo of Spanish treasure coins.
Many silver Venezuelan coins of the era were minted in Paris. They are denoted by the torch privy mark, among other mint signatures.
Take the total weight listed, and 90% of that is the gold content. A troy oz is 31.1 grams. This coin specifically was minted in Philadelphia.
The coin is basically bullion, and yes, 0.900 is the purity. For the denomination of 10 bolivares, 1930 was the only year of issue, but it is...
Yes, should have said Devanagari, was thinking of the linguistic roots, not the script.
Its a 2 paisa coin from the Indian state of Baroda. The writing is not Arabic, but Sankskrit.
Happy Thanksgiving all. At the table I was thankful that I am able to spend quality time with my daughter this holiday, I hope she says the same...
At first I thought the arrow depicted in the Norderelbe was a north indicator, but that can't be the case, north looks to be the standard 12...
Thanks for the closeup shots. This coin has red flags all over it.
SUD means 'south', the part of the country where the insurgent forces were based. This coin is an issue from those forces, during the period of...
Its a 50 centimes from Algeria
Great medal and interesting, albeit tragic, history. Fascinating to see how times change, though, and in this case, with a happy ending.
It really looks to me like post mint damage from a coin counter, as jello said. Periodic arc-like gouges around the rest of the coin would be a...
Acetone can be bought at a hardware store, but you must get pure acetone, not something with additives like polish remover. Having said that,...
Numismatic Education I found this post on "Numismatic Education" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Coin Talk Thread of the Week...
This seller also has fake Spanish Colonial reales for sale. Typical looking Chinese counterfeits.
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