Russian. Looking back, a complete waste of money having it graded. But this was back in 2008 when Russian material was super hot and the grading...
Peru. These were sold in souvenir folders with commemorative descriptions of the railway depicted. Purchased at the mint in Lima around...
A very nicely matched pair for wear and appearance. I think the 1936 obverse design is superior to the commemorative issue 1935 coin. The legend...
One of my favorite silver crowns. Many collectors are not aware that the 1935 issue was a commemorative, and the 1936 a regular issue. At first...
Graded, finest known.
Thank you. I could find sales info for the specimen but nothing for the proof. Since many proofs are uniface, would it stand to reason there are...
Among world banknotes, which is generally more valuable for an otherwise identical issue: Proof or Specimen? For instance, the 1955 series from...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Little gemmy Austrian crown, about the size of a Taler. Bazillions of them available in AU, nice looking UNCs more scarce than...
Okay, another crown...,,.. Once again pretty common but a great design. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's a great coin! Where did you find it? Purchased at the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF) in 2012 from Jonathan Kern. Was a memorable...
Nice. From Belgium I believe.
1911 Italy 5 Lire struck for the 50th anniversary of unification. (Had to sell off a bunch of other coins to help pay for it, --no regrets about...
In my world it would also be listed as English, making it worth twice what it is as a French coin.
Another common crown that becomes much more desirable in high grade: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Common up through AU58, in mint state a very tough coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's kind of like claiming an (1659) Maryland Lord Baltimore Shilling was struck under Charles II of England because he happened to be on the...
Much more affordable and an equally stunning coin, --Louis Napoleon III. He was a sleazebag of unimaginable proportions. Part of serving in his...
From the time of Joan of Arc. French coin cataloged as being struck under Henry VI of England, which has always struck me as oxymoronic. Either...
Nice one!
I would be very happy with that outcome. Kind of interesting that a Russian grading service (or at least there is what appears to be Russian...
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