"If you go to each coin's page in the Coin Explorer, they've got pictures linked from the Registry." This is true. However, unless I am...
"And that hair! Oy vey!" The hair is probably a powdered wig. Wearing them was popular at one time and they are still worn today in courts such...
Total weight 30g. 27g FINE (pure) gold. 27/30=0.900 fine?
All beautiful classic coins. The Argentina sunface is nearly impossible to find so choice. Is it the 1815 S/R variety?
It looks like it might be 1740 to me. That doesn't necessarily mean it went down that year.
Whether fake or corroded, I hope you didn't pay more than melt for it.
WOW!! That is a spectacular coin!
Maybe fake, or just heavily corroded from salt water exposure. Many of these are sea salvaged and the silver reacts with the salt, unlike...
It seems that whoever made this coin was not familiar with the Latin alphabet.
Thank you for your informative reply. It makes sense to me.
I can think of only 2 cases in which I would choose to have a coin slabbed. The first is if it is an expensive coin that I believe might not be...
Thank you for your reply. If the coins see limited circulation compared to Armenian money, then maybe they were struck more to assert sovereignty...
This is a very interesting thread. Were the coins struck in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh or elsewhere? The stamp is also interesting ("We are our...
A valid point. The faster the dealer can turn over the coin, the more generous an offer he can afford to make. The key is to keep his capital...
Perhaps so, but my guess is that the Russian government might take a dim view of a Russian citizen selling or possessing counterfeits of its...
Wow! That was fast! Thank you for the information.
Does anyone know if these coins actually circulated in NK, or were they struck only to sell outside NK? Also, can anyone translate the legends...
This is a most impressive coin, not only for its historical importance but also the fact that it has such a full strike (no mushy centres here)....
Melgarejo was a particularly cruel and stupid brute. The 1836 Rosas piece you show (CJ-9) is particularly interesting. La Rioja had pretty much...
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