I'm perhaps a bit rusty with my world history, but in 1731 wouldn't France be a monarchy under Louis XV, and not a republic? The first french...
Raimundas, I would look at the eBay listings. They have thousands upon thousands coins for sale, many from all over the world. See how popular are...
Andre, could you post both sides of this coin, and if you can see the letters on it, even if only few, can you write them down? As to the...
Tradernick, thank you for your reply - it was very informative. Thanks. As a side note, I have no desire to get into that business. I was just...
Probably not, as it was about a hundred years before Columbus seen first glimpse of the New World. 1893 on the other hand was a good year for...
How do you guys who collect world coins classify the coins' country in case of occupation/colony/protectorate. E.g., Morocco while it was French...
Rick, nds76, I agree with you, but the question remains: where does one get enough coins to sell them as 2200 pound lots?
I've seen one ebay seller selling coins by 2200 pounds lots. That is, by lots of one TON. In average it would be 220000 coins... I've seen also my...
A silver copy like this is being sold by Antiquanova for $25.
It's a french 10 centimes from 1923, KM#866a, made of copper-nickel, there are two kinds: with a mint mark and without (there were 18 milion...
Heh, heh, Antidote, I _did_ try the railway way back when I was a kid... lots of fun! And I like the idea of a sculpture, Dymaxion.
Here's a question a bit out of the mainstream. Assume that for valid and sufficient reasons one would like to destroy a bunch of coins. Three...
Just for fun and information, the writtings are: AR(ma) : DOMI(norum) : SLI(comum) : STE(fani) : ET : FRA(trum) : CO(mitum - das M ist im O...
This looks very much like 1520 half thaler (but I belive this is a differen denomination, perhaps a thaler?) from Bohemia, with obverse: AR ....
On the same site there is an interesting coin for sale: N.R.! MUSEUM Bronze Christian Coin (Circa 103 BC) I am still trying to figure out a...
I sooo hope some lawyer gets interested in this case, and will sue the pants off the morons...
GDJMSP, my first reaction I saw this coin was "Wow, it's too good to be real". But how did you know, if the condition doesn't matter? I do not see...
And here is the coat of arms on Saxon 1844 5 pfenning (1/2 groshen):
Well, here's a picture of 1 Saxon heller of 1699:
Hey, "if it is easy, it's not worth doing" (Dilbert I think, or his pointy-haired boss). Use Access - you can spend few pleasant days programming...
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