Old gold is so much nicer then newer coinage. The apex of coin making happened in the period 1640-1799/ here is one of mine. From the Abbey of St....
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I won this extremely rare AV Dukat 1803 Saalfeld Mint OGH MS-62 for $3200US/ mintage was 311exs. I have only seen 2 others. This coin was from...
Great coin! My first slabbed coin was this.....in OGH PGGS Since that time 1987/ I have added 300+ slabbed AV coins/ many more though in SAFLIP...
Nice coins, thanks for sharing. I cannot compete/ but have only two exs to post. 1/ 1/2 Escudo 1855 Potosi Mint 2/ 8 Escudos purchased as...
Darn right! The Lissner collection sold by CNG/ St. James in 2014 had hammer prices that were outa this World. Most coins sold 5X estimates.
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I wish! I never ever did a tally. Between Anno Domini dates/ BE (Bosphoran Calender dates/ AH dates....roughly 140-160 AV coins. AH dated coinage...
Its not mint state/ but "beggars can't be choosy" as saying goes. From Augustana Collection. Köln/ Erzbistum Theodor von Mörs 1414-64 Riehl...
Same thickness as a Quarter.
My job certainly would have been harder/ imagine cutting a lawn with shears/ or a hedge/ you would have to pickup leaves with a rake instead of a...
If you had been born into nobility back in 1600s/ man you could have collected so many magnificent gold coins/ esp. all the 10 Dukaten and bigger.
Imagine a beautifull coin from Lithuania back in 1550/ Armored Knight/ Eagle could not ask for a better design/ sure beats the crappola mints...
Thats a lovely coin! Hamburg struck a lot of coinage uptill 1871 as a Freie Stadt. Later kept it up under Das Reich.
I like US gold coinage a lot. But World from 670BC onwards is supreme. I cannot think of any US/ Canada/ Americas coinage that even come close...
I have NEVER been to a auction/ or big Coin Show. Knowing myself/ I might tell myself, "John your max. spending allowance is $100". But, If I saw...
I agree with you. These seem to be rarer on the auction circuit then the fabled Triple Units of 1643/1644. Charles I coins are way scarcer then...
Thanks lordmarcovan! Mine is an old green label MS-62. This one definately looks MS! Unlike other newer PGGS slabbed 62s. Sachsen/ made...
My Dad was a collector and had a big influence in getting me interested too. My Grandfather taught me history/ geography when I was 6/ that plus...
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