They have their place. I bought this for the 1997 slot in my prime number set because I think it is the earliest US Mint attempt at the concept,...
Bought this one for my Prime Number Set recently. [IMG]
One of those dates is on my want list for Zeeland. Yours is a great looking specimen.
The Notre Dame colonial coinage page on these also mentions Nijmegen making them in 1692. Are these known to exist?
I'm going to start with mint, then maybe design type. We'll see where it takes me after I get a nice Overijssel, West Friesland, Friesland, and...
Here are 5 1/2 more of mine: 1601 Holland [IMG] 1641 Zwolle[IMG] 1648 Kampen [IMG] 1649 Utrecht [IMG] 1651 Gelderland [IMG] 1597 Holland 1/2...
Is there a good standard reference to Lion Dollars?
I was going to say some of the lettering was in the style of West Friesland. The "TRA" typically means Utrecht, but there was no shield mint mark...
These were crudely struck on uneven planchets and often have seemingly arbitrary rotation.
Yes. This became a standard silver coin of trade throughout much of the world at the time, and was used in the American colonies, as well. It...
Deventer is one of the tougher localities for these. [IMG]
No spaghetti hair because it's a really nice brockage! I bought this for my prime number set, since I felt the set needed a state quarter from the...
It's a 2 escudos. The portrait 4 reales is the last on I need for this set.
Just need a portrait 4 Reales and the WCIEA set will be at 100%. [IMG] 1648 Kampen Lion dollar. [IMG] I already have a lion dollar in my...
1663 also marks the permanent disappearance of hammered coinage from Britain.
I was noticing I have too many shillings in my Prime Number set (1663 Chaz 2, 1693 W&M, 1709 Anne, 1747 Geo 2), so I decided I should use a Crown...
And 1/4 guinea is 21/4 shillings, or 5 shillings 3 pence. This month's PCGS calendar coin is a Brasher counterstamp on a 1/4 guinea, valuing it...
Mine appears normal [IMG]
OP coin looks like it has been toned to hide some hairlines in the left obverse field.
I'll buy when my buyer tells me to buy.
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