Alas, I am the farthest thing there is from "a magician with a camera" (unless you can call making beautiful coins look nasty via crap photography...
I like that eagle.
Yes, it was a city-state, I believe? Like Nurnberg/Nuremberg... Germany (Nurnberg): silver medal by Daniel Dockler the Younger, 1730;...
This.
German States (Nurnberg): silver 1/8 thaler klippe of Ferdinand III; Peace of Westphalia, 1650 PCGS MS62. [IMG]
German States (Frankfurt am Main): silver kreuzer, 1863. A nice little lustrous UNC, despite the craptastic cellphone photography by yours truly....
What else is new for this update? Well, some of you will have noticed that my background templates are different. I've switched from my old...
Summary of the 11/25/19 update: There were 12 departures and 4 arrivals since last time. We have a net loss of eight coins, bringing the...
[IMG] Ireland: copper-nickel halfcrown (2 shillings 6 pence), 1951 [IMG] PCGS MS65; population 14 with 3 higher as of 11/25/2019. Esperanto...
[IMG] Peru: silver half-dinero, 1897-JF [IMG] PCGS MS67; population 77 with 7 higher as of 11/25/2019. Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of...
[IMG] Spain: gold half-escudo of Ferdinand VI, 1759-JB, Madrid mint [IMG] PCGS XF40- population 1 with none higher as of 11/25/2019 - also the...
[IMG] Great Britain (England): silver groat of Henry VI, first reign, Calais mint, ca. 1422-1461, from the Reigate Hoard found in Surrey [IMG]...
[IMG] Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, ca. 478-387 BC [IMG] NGC VF; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5. Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion): bronze Æ21,...
[IMG] November 25, 2019 In 2013, I did a major purge of all my coin collections and decided to simplify to just one small box of "nicer" coins,...
Cool gun money bonus! Here's a halfcrown I owned earlier this year. (PCGS AU53) [IMG]
The black looks good. The original concept of the the woodgrain background with the "embossed" lettering was a good idea in theory, but didn't...
German States (Teutonic Order). [IMG]
Probably not "broadstruck" so much as it is merely a bit off-center. I bought this Charles II English crown because I liked the toning. [IMG]
3c piece: old plugged hole. Wheat cent: dented. Both damaged.
Cost $10 or less: Nabatean Kingdom: bronze Æ15 of Aretas IV & Shuqailat; twin busts/crossed cornucopias, struck at Petra ca. 9 BC-40 AD (@ $8.80...
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