Colombia (Spanish Colonial): gold 8-escudos of Charles IV, 1808-NR JJ [ATTACH] Obverse: CAROL•IIII•D•G• HISP•ET IND•R•, armored bust of Charles IV...
Your Ptolemy VI is certainly a better MS comparison than my own much humbler example, which is also a mere didrachm. [ATTACH]
Show us, if you have pix. Pile on, everyone, with your $10 Indians, if you have 'em. I fully realize not everyone does. In fact, I never...
Working on pix and writeup
Thanks. That S-B coin does have a good bit of chatter, though it appears to have decent luster. I’d personally call it within bounds for what a...
I think I see F15 to borderline VF20 details but am not 100% confident in my assessment. Some deposits and stains on the reverse and typical...
I don't mind saying (if it's not tacky to mention cost), I'm in it for $1,250. Given that the PCGS trend price is $1,750 as of this typing, I...
In 46 years of collecting, this coin is only the third for which I have paid a four-figure price. And it is #3 of my lineup of most expensive to...
:punch: Choose your weapons! Pool noodles at dawn? (Please let it be pool noodles. Nerf guns would be acceptable as well.) Wait, dawn is too...
United States: gold eagle ($10.00), Indian Head type with motto, 1911 [ATTACH] Obverse: personification of Lady Liberty in Indian headdress left....
Handsome set. Congrats.
I like those mooses meese meece moose coins. (PS- and that's a nice satiny Gem example.) (Wait, it's a reindeer, isn't it? Eh. Whatever. LOL)...
And I was just being nitpicky. LOL. ;) Had to bust yer chops... :angelic:
It looks OK to me on the authenticity front (not that I'm an EAC guy or expert), but it looks pretty bad on the preservation front, obviously.
I find the reverse pretty enough, but that obverse is hideous to the point where I'd not have gone there. I don't understand folks who will pay...
Israel and Belgium, I'm looking at you, too.
You're not all wrong, @John Anthony, though perhaps modern Norwegian coins could have been the caveat. And those, in their context as modern...
I WANT THAT!!!
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I think you meant New Orleans. This is Orleans. ;) (Not my coin) [IMG]
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