I was scrolling down the pictures, wondering, "Where is Reunion?", then got to the end and saw it there. I agree with you that these 20th century...
That coin inside the slab definitely looks enviro-damaged to me.
I am clueless, but intrigued.
Aha! I suspected it might have a KM "X" number. Thanks. As mentioned, my copy of that catalog is pretty old - maybe first edition. And I'm not...
That chuckle-worthy Barber dime might not be a CAM proof as advertised, but it's a CircCam, all right. Accent on the "circ" part. Very circ.
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Does look rather mushy, as if cast ... or just poorly struck? I don't know.
Switzerland (Zurich) 1739. [IMG]
You should have, since I pointed that out to you before. ;)
It would be fun to collect stuff like that if one had space and a neat cabinet to put it all in. I lack all of that and keep my stuff in a slab...
Good for him.
Here's my first tip for you: 1. Don't take any photography tips from me. :p Here's my second tip for you: 2. Why don't you talk to the other...
Wow! Gorgeous medal, neat original case, and provenance, too! What a fantastic piece.
... but a concentration camp piece would likely have the letters "KL" for konzentrationslager, I would expect. And it does not have a monetary...
So we're agreed, then. WW2 (-ish) era German seems very plausible to me. The font and especially the zinc.
I have no clue. I get a 1900-1940s vibe from the style of it, and the logo, but that's all. The logo is distinctive enough that if you did...
Indeed it does! That little Parthian is something! Down to the detail on his trousers! (I forget what those were called, but I remember seeing...
Cool find! You cherrypicked yourself! I've done that a time or two. I have no information beyond what you yourself just provided.
That's the most facial detail I can recall seeing on Mars on one of these. Quite the physique, too. He'd look very masculine if he weren't so...
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