I have a 1975 Proof[ATTACH] [ATTACH] 100 Kina struck by the Franklin Mint from PNG....
Thought I would post this beautifull coin/ in case you miss it on "counting backwards in time" thread. The Swiss Cantons struck some of the...
Here is a delightfull AV 2 Dukaten 1727 from Zurich[ATTACH]
Thank you! That is a magnificent piece. Great portrait of Philip/ reverse is something to behold. I heard that Philip used to compete in Olympic...
never tried it, but I do love smoked eel! Way cheaper!
That happened to me during Triton auction, I felt that I had the Philip III AV Stater in the bag....but then some very rich bidders in the room...
That is GOOD! Actually made me chuckle:)
That was a Canadian gold coin.....expensive "scrape";) eh?
Yes, for the 1000/500/200/100 Mohurs/ unless you were buying a house back then. For the Dukat coinage, which went from the wee 1/32 upto 105/...
What I would love to know this... When you see slabbed third party graded coins/ they will note "cleaned" as a detail or flaw. So, are coins...
Great coin posts/ thanks for sharing.....amazing coins. I have no man faced bulls/ only normal everyday barnyard bulls on more recent coins;)
Andres2....man your off to a fast start for 2018! If it was a hockey game you would be leading me 5-3. All kidding aside, nice coins:happy:
I remember reading that the Emperor Jahangir had two examples struck. He gave one to his wife (keep her from nagging) and the other to his court...
Exactly true. I think that there are going to be more and more records broken. As far as the Australian 1 ton coin, other then its gold value,...
Yes, when you check wikepedia most expensive coins/most are US. However for some reason, only a few World coins made that top ten. The Umayyad...
Well OK... But over 6 Million for Umayyad AV Dinar at Morton and Eden Auction 2011:)
Actually no, a Mughal Empire AV 1000 Mohurs from Jahangir was bid upto 10 Million US in 1987=in todays $ $30 Million. The 10 million was fefused...
A Bluefin Tuna @489lbs= 400lbs dressed 1.76 Million=$4500@lb. He would have to charge double to make profit. I cannot see anyone paying $9000 for...
I forgot this coin from Zeelandia. 1753 [ATTACH]
He probably was a complete idiot:dead: If, I had that kinda $/ I would rather buy the 1621 Poland 100 Dukaten Sigismund III commerative issue for...
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