Well, I can't claim to know a whole ton about 'em, either. This is only my first one, after all.
As it happens, that 1915 Peruvian 1/2 sol just went out to @goossen in Germany, via this morning's mail. He just chose it for his pick when he...
Ooh! Love that! Now you'll have me browsing for them.
I know it looks like a badger, but this is a lion. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Wow. Very handsome. Quite cherub-heavy, ain't it? I like that. Wonderful design. Can't say as how I've ever seen the Virgin Mary armed with a...
PS- love the type. Here is the only one I have ever owned. :p [IMG] OK, so it ain't as purty as yours is, but hey- can you wear yours? I...
First the Cartwheel 2d and now this? You're killin' me! I'm going to guess 64 BN here.
I see them as incuse, not raised. And I'm afraid they look like deep, deliberate scratches and not adjustment marks, which, as mentioned, would...
Psst! Hey, why don't y'all distract him - make a weird noise or a funny face or somethin' - so he'll turn his back and I can snatch that thing,...
What he said. Exactly what he said. W...O...W.
Yep. Only if there are circumstances which seem to require it. But oh, believe me, I would have loved to sweep this thread off to Purgatory,...
Thank you. That's a relief to hear from a bracteate collector, since, as mentioned, this was my first. I really love how they just look so......
Play from the borders of modern Switzerland. Switzerland (Basel): gold guilder (goldgulden) of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, ca. 1452-1478 [IMG]
Let's leave those old Nazis behind and go canoeing in Canada instead, eh? 1935 or Canada, next. [IMG] [IMG]
I'm so happy to be a member of the club now! Do I get a special hat? No- wait- already been there, done that! [IMG]
Germany or 1935. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Denmark. [IMG]
Ha! Nope- didn't happen. I kept missing out on my bracteate-buying and/or -bidding attempts. Eventually, after coming up short at least three...
Per the Wikipedia article: Below: an imaginative 19th century painting of William of Winchester. [ATTACH] Image: public domain, via Wikimedia...
German States (Brunswick-Lüneburg): silver bracteate of William Longsword, ca. 1195-1213 [ATTACH] Obverse: lion passant, left. Reverse: incuse...
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