Yeah, unfortunately that Carlos y Juana 2-reales piece wouldn't work, due to it being undated, but it's a killer coin- I've long wanted one of those.
Yes, I think you're right. It does look like a Persian 1-kran piece, from the Qajar dynasty (ca. 1800s), but I don't know enough about these to...
Wow! A one-year type. I looked it up. Tough coin!
I already played my 1901 GB half-sov (the Terner one), so I'll go back to 1901 or Ceylon. [IMG]
Awesome Alexanders. I had this one briefly, a bit more than a year ago. It ended up with @Aethelred, but might come back my way again someday,...
That is one of my favorite modern coin designs. Almost bought a proof of one of those. Ceylon, 1901. [IMG]
Yeah, that was a premature edit when Coin A was first reserved for me. Coin B should be here very soon to examine in hand, but I'm still torn...
Dangit, zumbly! Just when it seems the poll was vindicating my selection (yes, I just bought Coin B), you have to go and make me second-guess...
One of the times I've been involved with a major discovery coin, I was the cherrypick-ee rather than the cherrypicker. Sometimes you're the...
Modern Israeli coinage isn't usually my cuppa tea, but y'know what? I actually like that third one. Some awesome toning, too.
@TIF - wow! And LOL at the same time.
I like em both! Here is a toned A.P. denarius I had a while back. Ignore the plastic (the coin was later cracked out). [IMG] [IMG]
Which is of course why this is billed as a "semi meaningless" poll (bacon options notwithstanding). I've already chosen, but it wasn't the...
Certainly, if you buy me one of these coins so that I can fulfill @Sallent's admonition to "get both if you can". Buy me one of the flying...
I will say that I like the toning and surfaces on A while I like B for the higher grade and round flan. In a perfect situation (like when bacon...
Basic bacon. Applewood smoked, if you like. But without guacamole. Tsk, tsk. More's the pity.
B is or was for sale by the very seller who hosts the site where most of those fake coin reports can be found. ;)
A's list price = $575. B's list price = $550. One coin I was offered a modest discount on. The other was on sale. More on that later, perhaps....
Ahh... but do you like bacon more than coins with flying horsies on 'em? Therein lies the rub. The thin line between the true numismatist and...
That's probably because the later S-mint stuff has usually been proofs, I'm guessing.
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