Nice one Sallent! I have one just like yours....[ATTACH]
1840 Netherlands 10 Gulden Utrecht Mint Willem I MS-68[ATTACH]
Here is a Quarter Dukat from Basel 1770[ATTACH]
Basel for my money struck some of the worlds most beautifull coins/ right up there with Regensburg/ Transylvania/ Imperial issues of the Holy...
I wish too. I have not even got my 1000th coin yet....:( I did have that number with my butterfly/moth collection.
Actually, I usually feel great after spending a wad of cash on a little disk....no need to get hammered:happy: Don't get me wrong, I love beer/...
Nice coins Siberian Man! Your Prussia collection is amazing:happy: I have a few coins from there/ here is one....AV Doppel Friedrich's d'or 1831-A...
Back to the past....1793 Bern AV DoubleDuplone[ATTACH]
Swiss Cantons/ Basel AV Dukat 1653 EXT/ RARE as struck ex: SPINK[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Austria 100 Schilling 1936 Madonna Zell Commerative Issue
That even proves my point more/ you got it in 2008 for 24K/ now an exact specimen sold at Ars Classica for 61K....that is 37K increase in value=8...
Very true, since looks/ history/value all count in your score. The third category is very subjective though. The Claudius aureus from IdesOfMarch...
We will have to make this a permanent contest, perhaps spread it to Worldwide coins/ US coinage/ Paper money/ Dark Ages/ Medieval.....
I also learned a lot about Parthian coins/history. I started looking into these, fascinating stuff:happy: I think this little competition has...
Thanks! Prices are based on supply and demand. Some sp./ssp. are extremely rare, thus prices will reflect that. Another thing is quality/ perfect...
Your right on that point Doug/ I have ornithoptera alexandrae which is CITES appendix ONE. It was protected since 1970. If you decided to sell...
That scenario has happened, but is rare. When one travels to lets say New Ireland/PNG to get chilasa moerneri......which is worth 4000euros male/...
Older aristodemus ponceanus are legal to own/ however if someone were caught trying to net one today on Key Biscayne=heavy fine USFW enforcement...
Cucumbor/Beautifull set of coins with emperors that met an unfortunate end, altough a few deserved their fate;)
At one time I had over 12000+ mounted specimen, housed in 400 museum drawers/ in 16 cabinets. My coin collection takes up very little space in...
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