1927 Italy 10 lire. I understand this guy on the obverse, Vittorio Emanuele III, was a bit of a numismatist himself, and may have contributed to...
1906 Netherlands Indies 1/10 gulden[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow, that Havre de Grace sure is a beauty! I may have mentioned before, there is a town in the state of Maryland, USA by that name, and it is...
Seems this thread got stuck, maybe I can dream up a new theme...How about a coin that you consider to be very artistic and interesting? Here is...
Great thread, good history lesson. I have 3 of the French "Bon pour" coins, and always thought they were tokens. Thanks to all you scholars of...
I may as well post a coin. 2007 GB-Gibraltar 5 pound Supermarine Spitfire.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Heck, live and learn. I glad everyone is being polite and civil, as we are supposed to be on here. I have bought from that seller before and was...
Yeah, not too shabby at all...guess I have to post a more modern crown type coin now...fairly new acquisition, 1938 Nederland 2 1/2 gulden grof...
This looks like a good story about such coinage: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/coins-and-tokens
Some so called "Gadhaiya Paisa" AR Dramma coins that came yesterday. 800-1300 AD, Indo-Sassanian. 3.96 to 4.14 grams, diameters from 14-15.5...
That's a dandy crown there! Shows a little honest wear, and that is OK. I have a 1819 George III crown I posted on here earlier. Here is a new...
1995 Indonesia 100 rupiah. I may have posted this one before, still I love the running cattle on the reverse.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Goggle it man, there surely is a story about all those Canada bank tokens. I have a bunch of them too. Some are from the Maritime Provinces, some...
More Mauryan, AE, must be a smaller denomination than the silver ones above.
321-150 BC, Mauryan AR Karshapanas, a few I have.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This one probably fits the theme better. 540-570 Kashmir, Toramana II, AE Stater[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
540-570 AD Kashmir region, Toramana II AE Stater[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
~1847 Cambodia 2 pe, a pair of them. That might be a Chinese character above the Hamsa bird? The reverse is blank. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is probably my lowest mintage Canadian coin, 1936 George V 50 cent, mintage 38,550. I just bought it to hopefully peddle at a profit. I do...
This came a few days ago. 590-628 Iran-Sasaninan Khusro II AR Drachm, RY8[ATTACH]
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