Your Danzig coin reminded me of these three REPLICA coins that arrived with some genuine Victorian silver the other day. (The auction house had...
Yes - so same coin - Siscia and Delta.
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Well I would say the OP is Constans as Caesar between 333 and 337 AD. Reverse is Gloria Exercitus and the mint is clearly Siscia with a Delta in...
A couple of seriously early British coins have arrived for my own collection. The split half coin is a Harold I penny, possibly minted in Exeter....
The effect I was describing was this: [ATTACH] ... but without the cypher. Paper was made by draining the mulch against a wire mesh, which left...
Yes - I now have it in hand having done a deal for it in amongst a load of more modern IOM coins. It has the wire mesh effect watermark typical of...
I usually hang out with coins and notes are a struggle for me, so please advise! I have been offered this Isle of Man Guinea note. It is...
Small group of Cyprus coins dated 1973 - from my archive: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This came with a bunch of mostly GB junk and modern today: [ATTACH] Mexico 10 pesos 1960, 0.900 Silver.
Found this one hiding in my archives - Czech 50K 1974: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am no expert on Chinese coins, but the dull grey colour and the very weak strike resemble many fakes I have seen before. I would suspect it is...
Looks almost certainly a fake to me - there are hundreds of fakes of Chinese Silver dollars around and very few genuine ones.
This one arrived today - Barbados $10 1975, Silver Proof version. Mintage of only 5000 I gather, so on the scarcer side: [ATTACH]
I have had a search around Numista and not found a good match. These two, both German Bishoprics, are the closest so far:...
I picked this coin up with a bunch of British coins the other day. It looks very nice, but is it too good to be true? Measures approx 19mm...
A few other terms to be wary of when communicating across the pond: "Pissed" - American = angry, British = drunk, "Fanny" - American = ass,...
A few 1977s lurking in my archives - Gabon 100F, Isle of Man 50p, Czech 50 Korona, Solomon Islands 20 cent: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The guidelines, which were clarified when the thread was resurrected a few months ago, are that the year remains the same as long as people are...
French West Africa 100 Franc 1979: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Falkland Islands £10 1979: [ATTACH][ATTACH] (Sorry about the poor image on this one - old...
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