I am glad everything seems to be going OK with your shipment, Siggi. Hope they make it back soon. I understand why you are worried - I would be...
I think you are correct. Compare with this example from the R. Logan collection (ex Norweb). Another nice and scarce bust 10C.
Very nice dimes. Most of all I like that 1809. Nice original (and quite scarce!) coin. Congratulations on that one. What is your opinion on...
gbroke, I am not too familiar with modern german issues, but I do know that 'old' marks, minted between 1950 and 2001 and specially those between...
Oh, don't worry, the very large number of states, duchies, principalities and kingdoms, and other entities which unified to eventually became...
Finally, a double thaler from the kingdom of Prussia - the most powerful of all german states, and of course the one which eventually drove...
Thanks guys. Yes gbroke, I have collected german coins for a long time. The big double-talers are interesting, but most fun and sometimes more...
These are double-thalers (Doppeltaler or 3 1/2 Gulden) from the states of Sachsen-Altenburg and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Both fairly scarce...
Well, sice we are all showing our german coins, here are some of mine. As far as German coin are concerned, I tend to focus on the state coinage...
I have a few counterstamped coins, but not many pictures unfortunately. Here is one which has an interesting story behind it , which I told in...
I don't have it in the house right now, but next time I go to the SDB I will be sure to pick it up and post a picture. It is very much like yours,...
It looks good to me Rex. Nothing that calls attention to either the style of the bust, the lettering, or the other devices. The weigth is also...
By all means, confirm the weigth to be sure. Note however that (according to Gilboy) the average weight of Mexico City Columnarios in Fine to Very...
That one looks like a nice, representative example of this appealing coin - "Dos Mundos". Congratulations. In my opinion this is one of the...
Here is a beautiful sestertius of Agrippina (not mine!) issued under Caligula bearing her portrait and a carpentum - SPQR MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE.
With regard to the O.P's question, my vote goes to Agrippina the Elder. I find her portraits very appealing, if somewhat stern. But she is...
Moneylover, I agree with you that grading these early issues is not straightforward. Witness this 1814 Dime: one could grade it anywhere from EFXX...
Leave it to 900fine to discern the die marriage. well done. Not easy given the many die varieties of the 1927 10C. Grade wise, I place this...
As other have said: the OP coin is NOT GENUINE. It is actually a poorly made fake - the devices and positioning on both Obverse and Reverse do...
Nice coin Doug. The 3 Monetae reverse is quite appealing, and that is a nice example. Provenance is always an added bonus, and I agree a previous...
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