My wife once asked me, honey, why are you so in love with your coins. To which I explained, you see this Aureus, it was struck at the Rome Mint in...
I have 23 AV coins from Mexico. German States is my #1 collection/ have 223 gold coins from 130 different States. John
I like the ones that people forgot to use as commerce:)
36.75g. The heaviest gold coins are.... AV 1000 Mohurs/ Mughal Empire/ Jahangir Agra Mint 35 Pounds!!!!! also struck AV 500 M/ 17.5 Pounds/ Shah...
here are a few of mine...[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I collect AV coinage from 650BC to present day. I have coins from 500+ sovereign nations. I am not fussy about Chinese coins;) My favs are...
I also bring my coins to coin club meetings in the "show and tell" segment:). But, also know many collectors who do not want to make their...
Peru AV 20 Soles 1951[ATTACH]
First point/ most collectors are afraid to show off their coins/ talk about the subject/ paranoid of having theirhome ramsacked by thugs/...
Here is my AV 10 Zecchini Papal States/ Bologna Pope Pius VI Heaviest coin struck by Papal States This one has a striking error on legend, pretty...
I do not have this coin/ wish Icould afford it:( Basel AV 25 Dukaten ND (1741) 60mm. 87g[ATTACH] Small mintage but it did circulate among well...
Empire of iran AV Half Pahlavi SH 1330 (1951) Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi 1941-79 He became Shah after his pro-German Father was deposed by the...
Probably most coins in collections where stolen/ looted after they where struck. The, English/ British where best at this, Queen Elizabeth I/ Anne...
My conscience is clear, I own a lot of looted material. Better in my collection then some museum. I take way better care of my coins, and have...
Interesting shape for a coin/ reminds me of home plate:)
Great Louis coins everyone:) Here are some of mine[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Louis XII...
I will add some of my Dehli coins... AV Tanka AH 919 Hadrat Dehli Sikandar Shah Lodi 1488-1517[ATTACH]
I hate to be a party pooper but we are suppose to be at 1952/ year George VI died/ King Farouk got deposed by Nasser..
Kings of the Bosphorus AV Stater dated ΑΛV BE(431) = AD 134/5 King Rhoemetacles I 131-53AD along with Roman Emperor Hadrian The Bosphoran Kings...
Very nice Q!!! Always very special to own a plate coin. John
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