Great history behind those coins:happy:!
Well/ I got a 1651 from the Ezbistum of Mainz AV Dukat 1651 Mainz Mint Johann Philipp Von Schonborn Archbishop of Mainz/ Worms/ Wurzburg 1647-73...
I have nothing from China/ ancient or recent:( But, Ifind the ancient material really neat.
We coin collectors have all these temptations coming at us, Roma just in the books, now Ars Classica/ CNG 108. man, what a ride! I can hardly wait...
You are correct my error. Its 1702-9 (Rennes Mint) the "9" is the mint mark.
Oh, I just settled for second best. Got a MS-66 Belgium AV 20 Francs Leopold II (guy who ruled over his personal slave gulag in Africa, which was...
FDC:) all coins look amazing in that grade.....
Yes, here are auction photos....[ATTACH]
I was 0-1:(! I lost the Byzantine AV Solidus FDC from Constantine V/ i was willing to go 1400 UK Pounds....but a rich dude in room won it for...
Awesome coins! Kimotej:happy:
Wish all good luck!
Nice writeup, very interesting topic. Must be nice to have that kind of capital to build a coin collection.....
Yes, for MS-64 it seems to lack eye appeal. They struck it over a shield Louis d'or, but they missed their shot, and that was the resulto_O The...
Now....here is a 1709-9 Rennes Mint/ Louis XIV Louis d'or graded as MS-64 (Finest graded) That coin in my eyes looks EF-40-AU-53[ATTACH]
I got on link, AV 20 Francs 1815-A Napoleon/ France They actually in French, state that there are adjustment marks, while coin is about very fine....
Roma, I would agree. However, I have never had issues with Elsens. I recently got a AV Basel 1/4 Dukat 1750 that was flawless, I had it...
Nice...I will compliment your Commonwealth Schilling with my 1653 AV Unite "SUN" mm. London Mint 9.02g./ 33mm. Struck under Oliver Cromwell...
I have a 1653 AV Dukat from Basel. They were struck from really bad dies, there are about 5 known examples/ all have weakness in center of coin....
Nice coins!
Same for the 1857-S Double Eagle! There are 200K of these around/ most are MS. Recently, they found a small hoard of mint state Seljuks of Rum AV...
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