Putting a bent coin between pieces of wood, or leather, or in a book (hey, cool, I never thought about that one), and then tapping it with a...
I think @Mat was a victim of autocorrect, there. Billon, not "billion".
I'd go much higher than 45, personally, at least as far as details alone are concerned. It looks like a 55-58 to me? But I do agree on the...
PR65, maybe 66, I think. No CAM. Purty.
I find myself hyperlinking to Wikipedia pages a lot, for that very reason. Saves space on lengthy explanations. O Wikipedia, how I love thee...
Good ol' Leopold Hogmouth. I have a 3-kreuzer piece which displays his fantastic jowls and fabulous hair (or wig). Austria: silver 3-kreuzer of...
Neat. I had to look up "appanage".
I took the liberty of fixing your image so it would display in full size rather than thumbnail. Hope that's OK. I don't see anything there that...
Hm. Makes cents sense! Higher survival rate for the keys, due to collector activity. Large cents were likely among the earliest denominations...
How about some sinister-looking 17th century "skullies" from Líege? (Sinister-looking, but actually saintly relics. Cathedral charity tokens.)...
Yay. I'm a "spot plus shipping" kinda guy (or wannabe). I like it!
OK, whatever. It's irrelevant. I won't bicker with you.
Thank you. I wondered about that. I knew it was a sawfish, but was a little baffled because it is so stylized and unlike the living creature....
It doesn't matter at all, nor should it, since the coin is not a good candidate for certification, at PCGS or elsewhere. I was merely using PCGS...
Same same, but 2019 & BU, along with a 10- and 100-franc to boot, all of which I got from a friend overseas. ;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
RB is not out of the question, but I think PCGS would call it BN.
Looks familiar. It will look familiar to @spirityoda, too. ;) You've gotta love a TRImetallic coin!
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Really neat find!
Or a good smackin'... :punch: [ATTACH]
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