That's a beautiful and interesting coin. I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures. I have one on the way and hope to have it by next week.
Gavin, it looks like you already have a full attribution of the penny. The cut coin is indeed a farthing of Edward I and was minted in London as...
Gavin, your cut penny looks like Edward I. Can you show us the reverse of both and we may be able to give you more info.
Outstanding writeup Red. It made for a very interesting and informative read. I wish more history books were writen in your style as it reads...
Nice coins everyone. I love the Travel Series. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Anther beauty David. I'm going to have to keep a lookout for it now that I know what it is.
Nice Otho Mat. Glad you were able to upgrade. [ATTACH]
Nice looking coin for sure. I also agree about the thrill. I just don't understand some people I show my coins to. They show no interest in the...
The original man of steel. Here is a Hadrian denarius with Hercules reverse.[ATTACH]
Bing, I was noticing the detail on some of these heads. It's pretty tiny too. The one thing that I have always enjoyed seeing is finely done...
Cool coins, except for the owner of the head of course. He probably had a bad day.
Thank you tibar. That is interesting.
This table shows the shape of the medieval numerals. It's two digits 7 and 5. They kinda look like an upside down v and a 7.
Great score.
That's a beautiful ducat. I looked at my coin and it's a 1475 Saxon spitzgroschen (Levinson 1-148) like this one from the CNG archives. I will...
I know this is an old thread but I just ordered the Levenson book and find this subject very interesting. I do have one coin with a pre 1500 date...
I found the only known photo of Cleopatra. She's not bad looking for her age. [ATTACH]
I thought she looked just like a 31 year old Liz Taylor? Oh well, what do I know.
That is a very attractive coin. It has plenty of eye appeal.
Talerman, that looks like a great reference and it can be downloaded in PDF too. A nice bonus. Thanknyou.
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