Oh, I've just gotta get me a 19th century NZ token now.
Landscape/seascape on the reverse of an 1847 Liberian proof cent. Once one of my proudest pieces. Now property of @kazuma78. PCGS PR65 BN....
Love it! I've seen some NZ tokens of that era, but none with a kiwi. Now I want one!
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That's a cool design without having any lettering or pictorial elements I can recognize. It is just geometrically attractive, I suppose. On to...
Fun with backgrounds, thanks to remove.bg, which someone on this forum clued me into, a while back. [IMG] [IMG]
Here is another landscape on an Austrian 10-Euro commemorative. [IMG]
I love baobab trees. They made quite an impression on me when I lived in East Africa as a child.
Definitely taters. That pitchfork thingie stuck in the ground is what they used to harvest them, unless I am much mistaken. (Edit- yes- a...
Don't feel bad- I didn't really know, myself. All I knew was what I read on those two sources I linked to.
United States: silver Capped Bust half dollar, 1818 [ATTACH] Obverse: bust of Liberty left, wearing a Phrygian cap. Reverse: bald eagle, wings...
@PaddyB- I'm afraid I haven't a clue, but it certainly has a late 19th century appearance. Those folks look like they're dealing with hardship,...
I led you astray by discussing the gaming tokens. I think perhaps that sovereign-like temperance piece you posted might have been a later...
Let's wrap up the "gilt, enameled, or colorized" theme with this 1840 Napoleon funeral medal, and switch the theme to "landscapes, pastoral...
I believe you are correct in that assumption. I have seen a few of these before. I really like that one. It's a nice example. I don't know if...
Now those are monsterish.
Yeah, basically, but that someone was the Royal Canadian Mint.
I've been wary of that (and heaven knows the Krause/Numismaster/NGC site is utterly riddled with errors), but often one source will come in handy...
British East Africa Protectorate. Play from modern Kenya. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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