Turkey has seen a lot of diverse coinage since the 1900s. Mostly milled until converting to a decimal system in the early 40s. They also...
Neat and interesting collection. I like them all!
The Medallic Silver Bullion Coinage of Mexico was minted in 1949,1978,1979, and 1980. The 1978 is the key to the series with a mintage of only...
Beautiful collection!
Very nice!
Believe it or not it was spell check that changed it, and I didn't catch it.:arghh: Changed it from Larson to arson. Maybe I should have burned it.
Could be worse, I had a book published and misspelled my own name on the introduction page. Fortunately it was only one copy for my personal use....
Inspired by @heavycam.monstervam , I had to add one of these to my World Mint and Proof set collection. 1965 was the last year New Zealand used...
Try here http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/2000_BNJ_70_11.pdf
What you have is a Bank of England 1797 Dollar (4 Shillings 9 Pence-5 Shillings) KM# 632. It has the Type I countermark on a 1773 Mexico 8 Reales...
Glad to help. I put that chart together using information from 2 books I own on Mexico coinage. Sometime you have to have more than one reference.
As near as I can tell the Obverse is Die I Right side of U is damaged Snake's head ends under center of A Die damage between DOS and PESOS ESOS...
Nice collection going. Maybe focus on Silver or Bronze coins. Or a certain denomination to bring the collection together. Need to have some closure.
Not sure this will help or add to the confusion. Apparently 5 different Obverse dies and 6 Reverse dies were used in 1914. KM# are either 643 or...
The New Zealand is a nice set! I need to add one to my collection. I have a 1985, but I have always like the design of the earlier Sterling...
You got it. It has the 1 and 2 Rand Gold. Proof set Mintage 5,009. Krause value(?) $185 vs. $12 for the 7 piece proof set.
If you are going to buy proof sets, be sure to get them with the original mint covers. Those coins have been handled and exposed to the elements....
My wife and I visited the TNA show this morning. Took a while to get there since Rangers are playing today and all the traffic rerouted. Also Six...
Center is 16.812g
I'll be cruising the aisles at the TNA show in Arlington this Saturday
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