I think you probably are realistic/ but when these treasure ship wrecks are found, most material on board are gold cobs/ bars/ silver 8 reales/...
AV Poltina (1/2 Rouble) 1777 St. Petersburg Mint Katharina II Czarina of Russia Katharina was a Princess from Anhalt-Zerbst. There was an arranged...
They found same Spanish coin in swamp/ Oak Island. Usually, when we think of Spanish coins= AV 8 Escudos:happy:
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein AV Dukat 1697 Nurnberg Mint Wolfgang-Johann-Julius Graf Zum Neuenstein Horse[ATTACH]
Turks&Caicos Is. Scarlet Ibises/ Pelican[ATTACH]
In all my years of collecting, I have never had the luck of buying a coin for less then $20:(
I collect for the sheer pleasure not investment. But I added 75 AV coins to my collection. I now have 900 gold coins. here are recent...
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Kushan Empire Vasudeva II 270-90AD Gandhara Mint[ATTACH]
A golden oldie EL Hemihekte (!/12 Stater) ND Sardis Mint Lydia Alyattes struck 600-570 BC Lion[ATTACH]
I would rather get raw graded CNG/ European ancients/ medieval coins anyday. Its also cheaper, the NGC GEM 5/5 5/5 coins =European Mintstate...
Deutsches Ostafrika AV 15 Rupieh 1916-T Tabora Mint Kaiser Wilhem II Elephant/ Eagle[ATTACH]
I never heard of "snow lions" only snow leopards in Tibet;)
Sorry, I have NO "uncia" have some oncias though.:) But they are from 17th Century.
Bern AV 2 Duplones 1793 Brown Bear[ATTACH]
AV 4 Dukaten 1931 Yugoslavia Belgrade Mint Alexander I/ Queen Maria of Romania One of my fav. "modern" coins More jugnate/ more ancient this...
Rajas of Thanjuvar (Sarabhaji I 1712-28) Tanjore Mint AV Fanam ND 0.41g. 6mm (definately small change)[ATTACH] a wierd Lion with peacock head?????
Bactrian area....Kushan Empire[ATTACH] [ATTACH] AV Dinara Peshawar Mint Kanishaka I next: more of the same....
France Ecu d'or au soliel 1635-B (Rouen Mint)[ATTACH] Louis XIII MS-66
AV Ducato ND Milano Mint Filippo Maria Visconti 1415-47 Duke of Milan one of my fav. coin in my coll. Horse+ Dragon[ATTACH]
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