Hm. Krause/Numismaster/NGC says .917 fine for this type. Numista, too?
Non-Latin characters. Switch theme to "gilt, enameled or colorized". [IMG]
My Saxony "3 Brothers" thaler finally cleared all the transatlantic COVID customs delays and has arrived from Germany. The next leg of its...
SW from Bangladesh across the Bay of Bengal to Ceylon. (Play from modern Sri Lanka.) Like this Ceylon half cent? It could be yours. Enter the...
Hawaii, 1883. Next may play from Hawaii, USA, or 1883. [IMG]
Very handsome.
Helps? Yes, immensely. Thank you. Both of you, @willieboyd2 & @1934 Wreath Crown. That untangles some of the Gordian knots of those inscriptions.
In short, my kinda coin. :)
I totally agree with you there.
You're right on both counts. The half-escudo was the better coin in terms of value (key date, lucky cherrypick), but there is indeed no bad gold,...
Lovely UNC!
The half-escudo is scarcer and the key date for its entire series, however. And I paid less than 40% of catalog for it! So it was a really nice...
Thanks! It cost me less than $200 before slabbing. Krause XF price is $500, so even if that turns out to be inflated, I feel it was a great...
I went 9 myself. Nice to see that it has gotten four "10" votes as of this post, however.
That one was ex-@lordmarcovan before that, and ex-@Aethelred before that. ;)
I wouldn't call it a monster, but this recent Jeffie pickup is certainly nice. And it was cheap. [ATTACH]
I dunno why, but for some reason I like the "fat head" Louis XVI portraits. Same with Henry VIII of England. Especially with Henry VIII of...
I haven't owned an ecu in decades. Was pretty tempted by this one recently but couldn't quite bring myself to pull the trigger. It remains in...
The adjustment marks are a bit extreme but everything else looks good, and yep- that's definitely got nice CircCam contrast. You might wanna swab...
A lot of people have had that same thought, which is undoubtedly why there is a strongish demand for these (at least the vintage ones).
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