Here are[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] some of my fossils....
Beautifull coin/ congrats!
Back to old.... AV Goldgulden 1499 Schwabach Mint mint mark Rottweiler Head Friedrich I 1495-1515 Margrave of Brandenburg-Franconia[ATTACH]
Westphalen AV 10 Taler 1812-B Kassel Mint[ATTACH] Hieronymus Napoleon
Russia 1865 AV 5 Roubles St. Petersburg Mint Czar Alexander II[ATTACH]
Tuscany(Duchy) under Habsburg Rulers AV 3 Zecchini (Ruspone) 1781 Firenze Mint Pietro Leopoldo (future Emperor Leopold II )[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Struck under the rule of Pietro Leopoldo future Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II/ 1790-2 Flawless example.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks Mat! James I is one tough hombre to find perfect gold coinage/ most are poorly struck/ seen lots of wear and tear from everyday commerce....
Thats what happens when you forget to read the guidelines.....:blackeye:
Doug's link is very informative, as always.
AV Laurel ND Third Coinage "Lis" mm London Mint James I 1603-25 soft strike/ hard to get in decent quality.[ATTACH]
This may be silly....but its technically ITALIAN;) FDC prooflike AV Aureus circa 286AD/ Rome Mint/ Emperor Diocletianus....sorry bad...
Here is a smaller AV 10 Lire 1865 John[ATTACH]
Papal States/ AV Scudo'oro 1734 Pope Clemente XII 1730-40[ATTACH]
I have to admit....I am a history buff/ I had never heard of that naval battle either! I only remember the Russian Navy got wiped out in 1905 by...
Kingdom of Italy AV 40 Lire 1814-M Milan Mint MS-67[ATTACH] Napoleon Bonaparte
Nice 5 Franga! Here is mine... MS-64 AV 10 Franga 1927[ATTACH]
Amazingly perfect quality cent!
I would also leave the coin/ adds character. Your coin looks great the way it is.:happy: The only "tooling" designation I don't agree with is,...
Before I joined this forum, I never heard of "fourees":oops:! One thing for certain, I don't have any in my collection.....thank God! Probably way...
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