Many countries in Europe devise their mintmarks alphabetically. Ie, the first French mint, Paris, would be A, the second B, etc etc.
...COIN collects YOU! ;) 1924 silver rouble
Hope you like the title. :p Anyway, back in April I was browsing the sales of one of my favorite foreign ebay sellers. He's located in Britain...
Believe it or not, I miss US coins a little. So I went through and took a few scans to share here. I got this 1861 O half at a flea market about a...
They look to be fully recarved to me. Still, VERY interesting!
Magnificent.
Silver, of course. If it were brass it would have a more yellowish color, instead of the sort of battleship grey it currently has.
Mint stuff? Do you have a Flavian proof set or something? :kewl:
2002 Spink puts a 1677 halfcrown at 60 pounds in Fine.
Finally got around to scanning this little beauty I picked up over the summer. I was at the table of a dealer who dealt mainly in US coins and...
What about the Barber and later Seated Liberty dimes? I believe they have the same reveres, too. Or do they not count because they're the same...
I use mylar 2x2's, with slips attributing them printed from Moneta... ....ok, I lied. They're either in cardboard 2x2's or attributed by an RIC #...
Duh! Series 2006
I dunno, its not the color that bothers me. Anyone feel up to examining it in hand?
The picture isn't showing up. But its probably a "love token". These are coins which have been partly or completely recarved, outside of the mint,...
First time I ever found consecutive notes on a large denomination. Probably not going to keep them - they're to pay for my textbooks this...
I never noticed that! I always used AU/AU XF/EF interchangeably. Weird.
Normally, I'm not one for animals on coins. But this is just a superb design.
Not the best of scans, but it should do.
US-Philippine silver. Thankfully, most of its cheap.
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