Goes to show you how coins are constantly educating me.
PS- very cool hoard provenance on that UK farthing, @The Meat man! I love a good backstory like that.
Ah, it’s fun to see this old thread again. I forgot how challenging it can be (and had to consult a map). From Panama you can go NE-ish across...
I used to have a really cool proof 1848 French pattern 5-franc piece with a backwards “4” in the date. Alas, the old pictures of it are dead....
Love those.
I myself wondered how that could happen, but I didn’t go so far as to search about it, like you did.
Hey, there’s still the Merc dime and the “mystery trinket(s)” if you didn’t want the ancient. But that’s OK- I’m sure Sal will appreciate the...
The Mystery Round (Round 8) is over now. We’re in Round 9 now. You’re entered for that. :) Thanks for the shipping receipt confirmation!
The HTTs and CWTs are fun like that. Quirky! :)
Great Britain, 2013 proof silver 2-pounds, Britannia commemorative, one ounce, .999 fine PCGS PR69 DCAM. Cert. #39640164. Numista-54993,...
Yep. Somebody was dyslexic with the punches! I was also told something about the strike- that these often don’t have the second 8 in the date on...
Austria: 2008 silver proof 10-Euros, Klosterneuburg Abbey commemorative PCGS PR70 DCAM. Cert. #37681946. Top-population (tied with one other...
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