Looks like NGSA 30 Years refers to a specific auction, not a pedigree or provenance....
PCGS census shows this Dav-8386 dated 1879 as population of (1), a single coin in MS63. Pretty sure that is actually this coin, now residing in a...
The next lot in the auction (also from the Jasmine collection) and also PCGS AU55, was a Piastre from Tuscany struck for: (from Britannica...
Had not noticed that, but you're right, different Davenport number. Looks like the obverse is essentially the same, different reverse design....
Looks like HA uses the term Piastre as well, though NGC uses the abbreviation Pia. Interesting observation though, as I too generally think of...
A few of the many great pieces in Francesco's collection now housed at the Uffizi, along with a pic of the Duke. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
From the Stack's auction at the Bellegio a couple weeks ago... I love coins with a story, and this one really has a story. Piastre of Francesco...
Color looks to be a little off, too orange. I use Paint Shop Pro-7 editing software to crop etc. Takes only a minute or two and the photo looks...
Looks like he still had some hair back in 1877, at least as portrayed on his coins. Not so much by 1908. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Once read a biography of Napoleon III. He was pretty much a degenerate. For anyone with the misfortune of climbing the government bureaucracy...
Ugly coin even if it is real, which makes passing it up a no brainer.
They don't come much nicer than that, --what a coin!
Yes, agree 100%. Some of the coolest designs ever struck, especially the Fuad and Farouk coins, just stunning portraiture exceeded by few other...
Is that a lamination in the center of the obverse?
I doubt making money was the primary goal, the mintages are too small. Much more of a prestige thing, the royal perogative of striking coins to...
Much like Napoleon Bonaparte, the silver issues have the portrait facing the opposite direction of the gold coins. They are reversed for Napoleon...
A couple more from the Strasbourg mint, 1863 and 1866 . Mintage of 3,745 and 3,075 respectively. These two are about right for the grade, though I...
Another super premium quality AU58. Low mintage for the Paris mint, only 6,650 coins struck. Purchased from John Dannreuther at PCGS Members...
Pair of 1869 dated coins, one from Paris the other from Strasbourg. I frankly can't tell much difference between them in spite of the 5 point...
93 days(!) I was off today and now consider myself fortunate in comparison. It was 115 degrees here in Las Vegas. Spent the afternoon reading...
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