Believe me, I know.
That's a great looking find! The pictures were adequate, too. I've seen (and taken) much worse.
Oh. That guy. [ATTACH]
Sicily (Norman Kings): gold tari of Guglielmo I ("William the Bad"), ca. 1154-1166 AD [IMG]
It's a good question, for which I have no idea. Reckon a specialist will have to answer that one.
Crosses, continued. Germany (Weimar Republic): specimen gold medal memorializing the victims of the schooner "Niobe" shipwreck, 1932 [ATTACH]
In light of that last one, let's change the theme to: Coins with crosses. Extra credit: see how many crosses you can get on a single coin.
Cyprus. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Later PCGS VF35. [IMG]
That one has been on my want list for more than a year. I want a proof.
Great Britain: silver South Sea Company sixpence of George I, 1723; double-struck mint error [ATTACH] Obverse: GEORGIVS • D • G • M • BR • ET •...
Island states and colonies continued, then. Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. [IMG]
Ugly was half the appeal, here. Leopold would not be half as interesting if he had been handsome, without being nicknamed "Hogmouth". You gotta...
Y'all repeat what the theme is every once in a while! Geez, I'm totally lost! Where are we? What's the theme? :confused: [MEDIA]
I was the submitter and no, I didn't ask for attribution. It is not post-mint damage but rather a product of the way the blanks were punched out...
Here is a gallery* of all the coins and tokens from those two Elsen auction group lots I won last year, including several types of "skullies"....
Austria: silver 3-kreuzer of Leopold I ("The Hogmouth"), 1700-IA, minor clipped planchet error [ATTACH] Obverse: Portrait right and titles of...
That too is a very handsome one.
My immediate response on seeing that reverse design was "ohhh". I especially love that SeptSev example.
Belgium (Liège, Chapter of St. Lambert): copper méreau or communion token; memento mori, 1686 [IMG] Obverse: ANNIVERSARIVM; skull and crossed...
That one looks like a real coin.
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