Top coin is Annam (Vietnam), Emperor Thanh Thai (1888-1907), 10 van. KM#628. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3183.html
Very nice acquisitions! Also, I liked your use of the word "argentiferous".
You are correct about the one coin, it is of the Guangxu emperor, Guangdong mint, machine-struck, Y#190. I'm not sure what the other four are,...
I think the Parthian king Phraates IV (38-2 BC) qualifies for both actual malevolence and for an evil-looking portrait (at least for certain of...
Nothing really stands out value-wise, but here's what you've got: 1st photo set: 3 identical are Guangxu (1875-1908), machine-struck cash from...
I have brought ancient coins into the US only once, from Spain, in 2005. I just listed them as "collectible coins" on my customs declaration form...
Here's an Augustus reverse type that hasn't shown up in this thread yet, part of the "Signis Receptis" series commemorating the return in 20 BC of...
Unfortunately I haven't heard anything on that project since Sellwood's death. Perhaps Dr. Assar felt that it had been superseded by the start of...
In the latest picture, all of the coins (except the one that says "Hong Kong") are from South Korea. Probably nothing very valuable there, but...
Welcome @panzerman to the Parthian community. I remember you mentioned possibly getting some Parthians in a post last month, but I doubted you'd...
The second batch looks like machine-struck Korean from the late 19th or early 20th century, unfortunately that is out of my expertise. I don't...
It looks like all your coins are Value 5, from the mint of ChonHwanGuk (Central Government Mint), and issued in 1883. (Type 21 in Mandel's...
Yes, these are definitely all Korean, with the obverse inscription read (in Korean) as Sang Pyong Tong Bo, which was used from 1633 to 1891....
I saw an auction by the ancient and world coins dealer Frank S. Robinson where he described one coin as "Vomitous putrescent condition." He then...
Hello @LaCointessa, and Happy New Year to you too! It warms my heart to hear how much my small gift has meant to you. We all are happy to have...
@Sulla80 : Your coin is indeed from the Qianlong emperor, mint of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province. I think the coin is Hartill 22.324 (issued...
@Severus Alexander: Your coin is correctly labeled, Hartill 16.150, of Jia You. Your coin, however, has the characters arranged clockwise (top,...
It's a modern copy of a coin issued during the Second Jewish Revolt or Bar Kochba War (132-135 AD). The original coin was silver; yours seems to...
Here's a coin that I purchased from a world coin dealer's junk box for $2 at the Baltimore show in November: [ATTACH] China, Northern Song....
Thank you for the praise, everyone, I really appreciate it. While I would still be a collector if there were no CoinTalk, it would be a lot less...
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