I'm (pleasantly) surprised you found it that difficult to get hold of one Aidan. Demand must indeed be picking up if that's the case. I agree with...
So, your aim is as bad as ever then Mike? ;) I think that if you are in the US and your earliest coin originates from elsewhere, you have a bona...
Lol! I'm the classic magpie. I've had to wean myself off the concept of trying to be a coin `generalist' basically because I simply can't collect...
Try looking at the farthings pages on Tony Clayton's web site. It's the best starting point I can think of. You'll find fairly good data...
I like the copper farthings too. I wonder just how many people actually actively collect farthings. Not all that many I bet. It's a very...
I think the Wren farthings in BUnc are absolutely stunning coins. The translucent colouration you can get from the cartwheel type lustre can be...
Nit picking mode engaged. :) The 1/4 obol coin of Kolophon is generally called a tetartemorion. The archaic type (525 bc - 490 bc) has Apollo...
I wouldn't argue with you concerning catalogue prices. Your catalogue is definitely more up to date than mine. :) However, where KM gets these...
Actually, i'd grade it no better than good Fine due to obvious wear. It's a silver coin the same size as the old british 1/2 crown (.925 silver)...
If you're interested in early French copper or bronze coinages, you should get hold of `Copper Coins of France' by O.P. Eklund. It's a 32 page...
Firstly, The Palace of Versailles was not built until the mid - late 1600's so a medal showing the building AND dated 1627 means that the medal...
The Alexander III (aka `The Great') piece looks very much the fake / repro to me. Exactly what type of fake / repro (plated/ copper core; cast;...
This series has two mint marks that look (to the relative newcomer to `furrin coins') as if they may have been mis-struck / double struck. Two...
:-) It looks to me to be Ciani 1292, but with a blundered legend (in this case, missing out the letter `A'). Coins with blundered legends for...
There are fantasies dated 1923, 1928, and 1943 of Benito Mussolini. That one is brass with silver plating (Bruce X6a). X6 has an entirely...
I think this is may well be yet another case of `updateitis' Doug. Who knows. My Krause is the 1999 edition, and it states for the 2O Lire silver...
There is no `real' 100 lire coin of that type. There is however a gold 100 Lire fantasy piece listed in Bruce's `Unusual World Coins' noted as...
Out of interest what does it say for `D', `I' and `W' ? I wonder which Gadoury is right and which Gadoury is wrong? Odinarily I might concede...
Sticking with `T'. My Gadoury lists as follows: 1791 T 1791 T (with a dot top right of T) - Saumur 1791 T (with a dot at the bottom of the T) -...
Interesting stuff Doug, but have a look in your copy of Gadoury. Hopefully it won't be all that different from mine, even though chances are that...
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