Well folks I gotta tell ya - I don't think I'd grade that coin as MS. Even if the pics are bad - it appears to have wear. Now I know a lot of...
I don't care for flips either - never have used them.
I can't speak to the color - but why does side appear copper colored and the other not ? My guess would be the copper cladding is gone. As to...
Special names ? Well - not really, but they did foster a jingle that most everyone has heard and only a few know the origin - 2 bits, 4 bits, 6...
Truly tough with that pic - but there appears to be a good deal of underlying luster. Gorgeous toning though ! I'm gonna go with AU50.
As Homer would say - DOH ! :o
Hey Ian - you should remember this one ;) Three times I have bid on this exact coin in separate auctions. The first two times I was outbid at...
You're telling me that the coin was actually struck in mirror image ? :eek:
Ahhhhhhhh - you clicked on the wrong invert button there Ian :D Try rotating the original image by degrees instead of the invert button and...
Of course, only makes sense. Even so you'll know more by doing so than most collectors of British coinage ;)
To be honest I don't know since I'm not a collector of Canadian. One would think the lower silver content coin should be thicker or slightly...
The French did restrike a lot of old issues during this time - they did from about 1700 onwards. But you are correct to a degree. It wa sbecause...
Perhaps this will help - So called dollar
This is true to a degree but only a degree. The Spanish used the very same system but yet mintages are known for each denomination and year. It...
80% - 5.8319 gm 50% - 5.8319 gm That aint gonna help ya much.
The mintage numbers are out there - you just need different books ;)
That statement right there exemplifies why the number system is in use. VF, XF - or any of the other such designations - are simply not adequate....
You already have the answer to the years in my previous post ( they started in 1775 ). As for which are the keys - that's a bit harder to answer....
Hieronymus Graf Colloredo was the Bishop of Salzburg - the gold ducat was struck in commemoration of the 1200th Anniversary of the Bishopric of...
I am getting my info from Monnaies Royales Francaieses 1610-1792 by Gadoury. It's a bit more accurate than Krause ;) It confirms that the...
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