France 1862-BB (Strasbourg Mint) Napoleon III 100 Francs[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My second three dollar gold piece. These are very pricey in Ms-65/66! John[ATTACH]
AV Three Dollar 1879 Philadephia Mint MS-64 My first $3 gold piece.[ATTACH]
I still need New Orleans Mint Eagle! These are $$$$$ in MS-64/65!
I second that motion! John
Russian Federation 1992 150 Roubles Platinum[ATTACH] St. Petersburg Mint [ATTACH]
Yes, Faustina was one of the better looking Empresses, Marcus Aurelius like Donald Trump had a "good eye" when picking a wife!
I really like the Denari, one they are very affordable, have diverse reverse scenes, and there are so many Emperors/Empresses/Usurpers to collect.
Check out Ars Classica Auction 100, mind blowing material, esp. the Western Roman Empire coinage:happy: I will have to buy a lottery ticket!
I would highly rate ERIC-II for coinages of Imperial Rome/Western/Eastern Roman Empires/ Byzantine Empire[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks, yes it was graded as "stempelglanz". The German/Austrian/Swiss use this term for FDC.
Germany or 1796 AV Dukat 1796 Imperial City of Frankfurt under French Occupation MS-63[ATTACH]
Thanks guys! I am sitting inside today:(, we are under a "rainfall warning". We have had a rainy April:inpain:.
Picked up a very common Empress, but she looks pretty nice. AR Denarius ND 3.47g. 21mm. Rome Mint struck 165AD Faustina Minor wife of Marcus...
I have never cleaned any coin in my collection. I even avoid touching them, unless wearing special handling gloves. I usually get them in flips...
AV Dukat 1697 Nurnberg Mint Wolfgang Julius Von Neuenstein/ Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein ex: Kunker[ATTACH]
We all owe you a debt of gratitude for setting this contest up, we salute you! Hopefully we can expand this to hammered/ milled coins struck after...
Pretty good! I am rained out today, so cannot do any lawn maintenance:(:(:(:(:( So, I have time for CT. Here is a teeny weeny AV 1/12 Dukat 1690...
AV 1/6 Dukat 1674 SHS Breslau Mint Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor Silesia[ATTACH]
I agree with everyone's posts. Both Zumbly and Alegandron had fantastic coins, historical writeups, Alegandron came out on top in a tight contest,...
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