My Bremen coin was from 1511.
Another Lion Dollar - 1651 Gelderland [IMG] 1657 Utrecht Ducat [IMG] 1652 Commonwealth Shilling [IMG] 1656 Cromwell Broad (OK, this one...
Artifical toning and bad photography used to cover cleaning.
VAM 3A is a die stage of VAM 3. Not all have the gouge through the A.
I'm guessing the doubling on the date is hidden by dirt and wear. Looks like VAM 3.
All of my 1640s coins are Lion dollars out being graded. 1640 West Friesland [IMG] 1641 Zwolle[IMG] 1648 Kampen [IMG] 1649 Utrecht [IMG]
The "search" function on the VAMWorld wiki is very powerful if you know the right keywords to use. In this case, I searched for "1922-D" (in...
Ignore the R-numbers on VAMs. They're estimates made when the variety was listed, in this case 2005. They are not being assigned to new VAMs and...
I was thinking 64RB because of the spots, but PCGS looked past those because of the general eye appeal.
Looks like VAM 19A. Pretty cool with three radial die cracks.
Saxony 1637 1/2 Thaler [IMG] [IMG]
I can't come up with another use, either, unless it showed up on a pattern.
And all the copper before them. (1/100, 1/200)
A couple thalers for the 1620s 1621 Leopold V, Alsace [ATTACH] 1627 Nürnberg [ATTACH]
Teutonic Order 1613/2 Thaler [ATTACH] Denmark 1619 Krone of Christian IV [ATTACH]
I haven't heard of any, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. Of course, if the more modern racketeers wanted to be more historically accurate...
No mention of that in the article. That would have taken a completely different skill from simply plating it in gold. The guys carving...
Almost no gold plated 1883 nickels you're going to see today were plated in 1883, except maybe some love tokens and other jewelry. They are...
A few of them for this decade. 1601 Holland Lion Dollar [ATTACH] 1601 1/24 Thaler from Hildesheim [ATTACH] 1607 Brunswick-Luneberg Wildman 1/2...
I wouldn't call it gassed in the holder, but it really doesn't matter in this case. The toning is borderline environmental damage, has very...
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