WOW! However, they both are God ugly. I wouldn't shed a tear for the Canadian one that got melted down.
Way nicer then a $50 Dollar Bill! The US Congress proposed minting $50 (Half Unions) and $100 (Union) gold coins. Imagine a 5 oz. (175g. gold...
Heresay is that a Gulf States Prince bought both coins via private sale. Must be nice.....to have that can of $$$$.
My absolute 5 favorites are coins from Basel/ Bern/ Zurich/ Regensburg/ Transylvania:)[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Here is photo of biggest/ baddest gold coin ever struck AV 1000 Mohurs 1605 Agra Mint/ weight 19600g. 120mm. This appeared in auction in 1983...
Here is one I forgot I had, Iran AV 10 Pahlavis 81.75g. 50mm. paid $550US for it back in 80s[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wonder why they would call a coin, an"ass";)
No... Great write up, learned a lot of new info:) I still do not have any coin from Gallic Empire. They are super nice, but very $$$$$$ My favs...
Nice example! Here is one from French India/ struck for trade with Yanaon. Pondicherry Mint[ATTACH]
My wife once asked me, honey, why are you so in love with your coins. To which I explained, you see this Aureus, it was struck at the Rome Mint in...
I have 23 AV coins from Mexico. German States is my #1 collection/ have 223 gold coins from 130 different States. John
I like the ones that people forgot to use as commerce:)
36.75g. The heaviest gold coins are.... AV 1000 Mohurs/ Mughal Empire/ Jahangir Agra Mint 35 Pounds!!!!! also struck AV 500 M/ 17.5 Pounds/ Shah...
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I collect AV coinage from 650BC to present day. I have coins from 500+ sovereign nations. I am not fussy about Chinese coins;) My favs are...
I also bring my coins to coin club meetings in the "show and tell" segment:). But, also know many collectors who do not want to make their...
Peru AV 20 Soles 1951[ATTACH]
First point/ most collectors are afraid to show off their coins/ talk about the subject/ paranoid of having theirhome ramsacked by thugs/...
Here is my AV 10 Zecchini Papal States/ Bologna Pope Pius VI Heaviest coin struck by Papal States This one has a striking error on legend, pretty...
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