It is possible that the sheet for stamping out the blanks was damaged. The dents remained in the planchet and were deep enough to not be flattened...
21 years of production, .900 gold and just over 1/2 million struck. There is nothing not to like about this coin. Thanks for sharing
My Wife's great, great Grandmother had this 1763 Saxony Thaler as a necklace. Her Grandmother had the attachment removed by a silversmith leaving...
Unfortunately I do not possess any. I like the ones you have posted and look forward to seeing more examples from you or others
The pronounced radial flow lines are a sure sign the die is extremely worn toward the end of its life. A few die chips would be entirely normal to...
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The characteristics shown on your coin do not substantially differ from any encased cents I have seen.
ENTRY POST I have many Canadian coins but nothing earlier than the mid 1950's. My favorite among them is this $100 gold proof save the children...
If you want informed opinions, take it back out of its sleeve and image it clearly, focused and well lit, both sides. Nothing you are trying to...
South Africa 1960 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice. German States are not something I have properly started yet. I have 1 only, a full Thaler of Saxony, 1763. It will be a good start I guess...
Exactly. There are not many of the commemoratives with good obverses, but when you have a lot laid out reverse side up, the eagle designs are...
An excellent piece of history, and a beautiful piece of silver. I wonder out of such a small mintage how many actually survive today. Thanks for...
A German 5 Mark silver proof, low mintage I have been waiting for arrived yesterday, another for the 5 mark collection. 2 Canadian 50 cent silvers...
Wow, a busy and hopefully lucrative time ahead. Keep posting some of your designs as I for one will be happy to see them.
Hi and welcome to CT. You have the coin in hand, study the following pages as a crack is usually used to identify the die stage and help attribute...
Hi and welcome to CT. I think this is what you have, and they are for sale on e-bay for about $8 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia73764.html
Great coin art, I like them a lot
I have lots of Swiss Francs and centimes but, yes, my first rappen. I am happy
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