I see a griffon head or a chicken, every other time I look at it. LOL
What's better than a sestertius? A free sestertius! Bravo, @Cucumbor! My first sestertius, when I began collecting Romans in 2007, was either...
I've had a minor denomination or two with that design, as I recall, but no full thaler.
Looks like an inkblot to me. I can't figure out what I'm seeing. ;) This exact thought crossed my mind as well (note I mentioned in my...
This. Yes.
You have nice taste. That one is in my personal collection, not the For Sale/giveaway inventory. ;) Got it on eBay, though, in original...
I concur. This pretty much echoes my (admittedly uninformed) thought process on the matter. If it's a contemporary counterfeit from the 1700s,...
I reckon it isn't horrible if it could be had for 25 bucks or less. Personally, I'd probably look harder for a different coin in that price...
Belgium (Liège): silver 2-escalin of Johann Theodor of Bavaria, 1753 (contemporary counterfeit?) [ATTACH] KM-161, silver. Numista-33459....
I got it for just a few bucks (essentially melt), since it and some other slick Spanish silver (and a decent piece or two!) were all in a small...
Actually, that IS an eligible prize option in my giveaway. I should be doing the drawing for Giveaway #53 on 3/21/21. If it goes unchosen by...
Spain: silver 2-reales of Philip V, 1723-A, Madrid mint, with unknown counterstamp [ATTACH] Spain, 2 reales of Philip V, 1723-A. KM 296,...
Aargh! Still the real deal, though, for a type most of us will only ever see in the pages of the Red Book...
@John Scholefield and @talerman - thank you for the information! A specialist I shall never be, I'm afraid. A bicycle trip through that area...
Nice Prussian piece. Neat design. Is that the trace of an old mount at the top, on the rim above the H in REICHS? Wouldn't be all that unusual...
Wow, groovy city, man! I've never even seen one in person. Where's the tooling? I don't see it. Around the letters?
@dcarr is Daniel Carr, who not only produces popular fantasy coins under his "Moonlight Mint", but was also the designer of the actual NY and RI...
Whoa... shady. :yack:
Tough call for me, but I lean towards planchet flaw.
Yes. I'm no expert, but I've seen my share of colonial relics, and that puppy is pretty early.
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