Its not uncommon in later empire to find a far better obverse than reverse. It was more important for the people to clearly see the Ruler and his...
I think its a bit of both.
very interesting time in history that brought them about. :)
Picked this one up pretty cheap so I said what the heck. It is my favorite of his types (one of them), I also like this Bust type in ancient...
I think I like all Bahamas coin...mainly after 1974... I got got this one from DeOrc, it has since become one of my favorite coins: [img]
Try Vcoins, go here: http://www.vcoins.com/search/ and do a search for 'Byzantine' or if you are looking for something specific...That will...
aachen, duren, coblenz OH MY!!!
very cool, thanks for posting...interesting area of the world.
[img] Here is a relatively cheap rusty old coin...has its charms.
There is also the Catalogue of German War Tokens by R. Lamb It has pictures of the coins and is pretty complete...problem is price is way out of...
In the case of that coin, what exactly did he do wrong besides busting it out of a slab?
this is a false sense of security... The coin is the same coin slabbed or not...its worth exactly the same...the coin did not change when you...
yeah, brit coins often have great reverses...shame they can only have one thing on the obverse. I have seen about enough of british...
only because people are stupid enough to buy into it...its the same coin...its not worth any more...it didnt become a better more valuable example...
very cool 1957 restrike with the defacing.
I like...:)
What Would a Dealer Pay? very little...and I wouldnt go to a dealer to value coins...
It is one of a large variety of fantasy coins like this...the reason the guy thinks it East India Company is because of the EIC on the coin.
so 6 pages of responses and the guy only posted here once...:)
dont sell it to a dealer, that will be the lowest price you will get...sell each coin or groups of them on ebay...you will get more per coin that...
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