That's a really nice coin! Quite scarce as well in nice grade. I was lucky to purchase this example from Roma's E-Sale 116, lot 1603. This coin...
For those of you interested in a more detailed history of Potosi "mountain of silver" here's an older article:...
Should there be restitution, though, to the decedents of enslaved indigenous and Africa workers? How would that work and by whom? The Guardian...
From today's Guardian. What's your opinion? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/bolivia-shipwreck-colombia-treasure
I think you're right. Good sleuthing! NGC is way off base attributing this coin to Ferdinand V and Isabel I.
Well, not so much reasoning, more like a crude guess. I was focusing on the large roundish countermark between VTRAQUE and VNUM. The design...
Interesting coin! It seems to be a legitimate 2 reales that was hammered along the periphery on the reverse, for what purpose I am not sure. Or,...
That's a very nice coin with an interesting error in the reverse legend. It seems that instead of an "I" punched into the legend of the die, a...
Well struck and centered for this type. Nice coin!
I think your coin is okay and that large countermark might be Indonesian. A nice example! Here's a deluxe countermark treatment on a Mexico 1744...
The toning is very attractive!
Here's a thread that I posted on Numis Forums in January, that I would like to share with my colleagues at Coin Talk. First, the coin, a very...
Aries (incuse figure on reverse) Phoenicia, Bybos, Shekel, 435-425 BC. [ATTACH]
That's a very nice thaler! The mint for this coin is Kremnitz (Hungary). On the obverse to the right, in the legend, is the Madonna and child...
That's a beautiful example! I don't have any gold coins from that kingdom/native state. Here's a double rupee issued by Tipu Sultan in AH 1216,...
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That's a very nice 4th century, or intermediate owl. Your owl looks like it is a Pi-Style IV (Bingen Pi IV), 353 - c. 340 B.C. Here's a link to...
That looks like a nice coin. What cleaning process are you going to use? Those hard green deposits can be very stubborn.
An absolutely magnificent group! The Syracuse tetradrachm is exquisite. The Celtic tetradrachm is wonderful. The Larissa drachm is outstanding....
Choice late Roman bronzes and antoniniani - really super grades. My favorite is the anepigraphic bronze of Constantine I - just a wonderful strike...
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