Yes, harshly cleaned and possibly whizzed. Unnatural surfaces.
Interesting. I haven't seen many of these- just a few- so I have no intelligent comment to add. I saw PEI in the title and failed to read the...
Nice. I like those mintmarks above the bow. And a 20c piece is always nice to have, regardless. (Edit: to answer your question, that's my...
What @PaddyB said. Regardless, it is a nice coin. I like the coinage of Queen Anne. I had a 1714 guinea once. And a groat in NGC MS62.
This is what I thought, too, but confusingly, neither the XF40 nor the XF45 plate coins on the PCGS/Photograde database shows full diamonds....
French States (Château-Renault): copper double-tournois of François de Bourbon, ca. 1603-1605 [ATTACH] Obverse: F • DE • BOVRBON • P • DE • CONTI...
There is no way to accurate gauge the color of that coin based on the lighting in those photos, I'd say. In any event, it's not likely a ground...
Just got these two GeoV coins in. The cent is 63 BN. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'd say it's in there. 40-45. Pix could be better, as you know. I like the general look of it, and I like 1909 Indians, with or without...
(After skimming, and not a deep read) It’s very interesting. The wear doesn’t bother me. I can buy into the “pocket piece” theory. Very neat...
I want a well struck and high-grade example of one of the alphabet jetons, which not only show all of the letters of the alphabet of the time (J...
:greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy:
Germany (Nuremberg): brass jeton (mathematical counter) of Hanns Krauwinckel II, ca. 1586-1635 [ATTACH] Obverse Legend: HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR...
All right, more reports on this thread, and more flaming. I'm tired of it. But I've decided to lock it down rather than remove it altogether....
No WAY! That is pure AWESOME!
Belgium (Liège): silver Ernestus of Ernest of Bavaria, 1582 [ATTACH] PCGS Genuine - VF Details (code 97-"Environmental Damage"), cert. #39640151....
Aha.
Hungary: silver “Madonna & Child” denar of Rudolf II, 1577-KB [ATTACH] Numista-47622. 15 mm approx., 0.6 g. A pleasing and affordable little...
The last two you've linked to are already sold (or ended), anyway. Good luck in the quest.
I like FAO coins. I had this one slabbed after I found it in a bulk bag, because it dates to the year my family lived in Tanzania. [ATTACH] I...
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