That's a nice coin, Bing, with a razor sharp strike and excellent centering. New dies, or nearly new dies must have been used for striking this coin.
Bummer! That's interesting. I thought that the tax status of items imported from the US to the UK were not impacted by Brexit, only imports from...
The package looks as if it partially burnt up on reentry! I'm glad the outcome was a happy one. Nice coin.
A lovely coin!
Thank you. Are you referring to the massive hoard from Turkey? I think that hoard was almost totally comprised of later classical owls.
Nice centering and strike!
Thanks for the suggestion. I will reduce the image size in future postings.
At this point in my life, with the ongoing concerns about the pandemic, a depressing world situation, the drought (lowest snow pack in the Sierras...
Yes, smaller images also work for uploading. The large jpg images can be enlarged once posted by clicking on the image. When I upload an image,...
The coins that I posted were acquired over the years from several sources, including Karl Stephens (US), Schulman (Netherlands), CNG (US),...
Here's a coin that I've posted before, since it has been mostly a sad tale of bronze disease, something that seems to occur with this coinage from...
Nice coin! Here are the steps to upload and insert your images. 1. After selecting Upload a File at the bottom of your post, go down the list of...
Here's one more gold cob that I photographed today. It is not from the Luz. By the 1730s the Lima Mint was producing very round 8 escudos cobs...
Thanks. I have other dates, but the 1599 is the best struck.
Thank you for the link. Nice coin!
That's a choice coin. When did you acquire it?
Vietnam (Annam) [ATTACH]
Back in the early nineties a fairly large number of Spanish colonial cobs and 8 escudos entered the market. These coins came from the wreckage of...
Solidus, Ravenna, 393-423 AD 4.4 grams [ATTACH] Next: Another late 4th century AD solidus
Some collectors of Libertad onzas collect by date. Some dates are somewhat scarce, so they sell at higher prices. I don't know if this is also...
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