This was what I thought as well. LOL
It's a fun idea. Dunno why I never really pursued it. My birthyear is 1965, which means a lot fewer silver business strike coins. On the other...
Can't tell PL from those photos, I'm afraid. I'll cast my lot with the majority (so far) and say MS64.
You're my favorite Frenchman, Q. :)
Ohhhh.... OK, yeah, looking closer now, I see it is more scepter-ish. I'm relieved. Warlike Madonna jabbing cherubs was a rather disconcerting...
I voted 9 as well.
Well, I can't claim to know a whole ton about 'em, either. This is only my first one, after all.
As it happens, that 1915 Peruvian 1/2 sol just went out to @goossen in Germany, via this morning's mail. He just chose it for his pick when he...
Ooh! Love that! Now you'll have me browsing for them.
I know it looks like a badger, but this is a lion. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Wow. Very handsome. Quite cherub-heavy, ain't it? I like that. Wonderful design. Can't say as how I've ever seen the Virgin Mary armed with a...
PS- love the type. Here is the only one I have ever owned. :p [IMG] OK, so it ain't as purty as yours is, but hey- can you wear yours? I...
First the Cartwheel 2d and now this? You're killin' me! I'm going to guess 64 BN here.
I see them as incuse, not raised. And I'm afraid they look like deep, deliberate scratches and not adjustment marks, which, as mentioned, would...
Psst! Hey, why don't y'all distract him - make a weird noise or a funny face or somethin' - so he'll turn his back and I can snatch that thing,...
What he said. Exactly what he said. W...O...W.
Yep. Only if there are circumstances which seem to require it. But oh, believe me, I would have loved to sweep this thread off to Purgatory,...
Thank you. That's a relief to hear from a bracteate collector, since, as mentioned, this was my first. I really love how they just look so......
Play from the borders of modern Switzerland. Switzerland (Basel): gold guilder (goldgulden) of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, ca. 1452-1478 [IMG]
Let's leave those old Nazis behind and go canoeing in Canada instead, eh? 1935 or Canada, next. [IMG] [IMG]
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