Great idea! Its definately a renaissance coin.:happy:
Here are a fewof mine..... 1/2 Kanishka I 3/ Vima Kadphises 4. Vasu Deva II 5. Kidara (Hunnic King) imitating AV Dinara of Vahram...
Even a better show/ when Betelgeuse goes super nova. It will look like a full moon for months. Even visible during daylite hours. When we do see...
Welcome back......we all missed you:) .....A LOT!!!! John
Here are a bunch of Tuna[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Kunker upcoming auction/ lots of high grade Talers for you!
Caracalla even looked brutal. He was the most evil Roman Emperor/ even though Hollywood would have you think it was Nero "Quo Vadis"
I would pick 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 I like them all the same, very appealing to the eye/ fantastic top ten:D:D:D:D:D:D:D John
Congrats on your restart into collecting. Your five coins are very nice, the Titus esp. for its portrait. The Vespasian reverse "Eagle" looks a...
Thats nuts, your coin is at least a MS-63. I have seen MS-64/65s that are not as nice as your example. Here is my 63/ Norweb coin/ yours is way...
Here is "El Libertador" Simon Bolivar AV 8 Escudos[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That coin has nice portrait/ shows the "Cross of Lorraine/ exquisite piece.
I had a top "10" for 2020/ back in January 1/2020. I ended up only getting one of them:( My top "5" for 2021..... MS AV 8 Escudos from Potosi...
I won a coin from Newman collection / Heritage. It was NGC grade MS-65/ the old dealer paper envelope from 1955 had grade at EF. Its the first...
AV Stater ND Salamis Mint Nikokreon I 330-10 King of Cyprus Ptolemy's Satrap (Governor) in Province of Cyprus) Next up: Coin struck under...
I like the coins that are graded as EF. Then you get the coin delivered by mailman/ open the letter/ note that your coin looks FDC. This happened...
Byzantine Empire/ Restored AV Hyperpyron ND Constntinople Mint Andronicus II 1282-1290 Crappy strike/ next another awfull coin[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
UK is same as German basically Good EF/EF+ = MS61 -63 EF = AU-58/ MS-60/61 close to EF/ EF- = AU-50/53/55 Good VF/VF+= EF45/48
I would say European/UK grading vs TPG slabbers NGC/PGGS Kunker has it bang on....although CNG grades European/UK style Stempelglanz= MS66+ fast...
It ended up selling for 150 Sfrcs+ fees/ Stacks sold a NGC MS* 5/5 5/5 for $3600US/ that would be a CNG EF!
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