Yes, purchasing coins from overseas has become an ordeal, fraught with delays, expenses and an almost Alice in Wonderland labyrinth of codes,...
Here's my last thaler size coin, undated, from Bohemia. Bohemia, Counts of Schlick, Joachimsthaler, undated (1520-1525). Purchased from Karl...
No, this is the first thaler-size coin, minted in 1486 and extremely rare. Not my coin, by the way.... [IMG] Here's a link for more...
Bohemia, Counts of Schlick, Joachimsthaler, 1526. Davenport 8146 W-W 28.7 grams [ATTACH]
Very interesting! It seems that there was a lot of back and forth with the Ottomans laying siege to Vienna up to the last one in July 14 to...
I've been caught up in a situation with CBP for nearly a year now regarding an eastern imitation owl that they claim came from Turkey. How they...
The knot-like chopmark almost looks like a flower chopmark from Indonesia, possibly Madura Island, but your coin is dated quite a bit later, so it...
That trachy is a very nice grade, very attractive.
I was a little hesitant posting this coin for 1534, since it actually was minted over a century later, as a commemorative coin marking the...
Running on fumes - don't have much to offer, but I will help when I can. Here's a Mexican 4 reales covering 1536-1538. Mexico, Charles I, 4...
Yes, that Commodus aureus appears to be a Biaggi plate coin. Here's a link with some past sales prices for that aureus:...
That's a tough choice! The Commodus aureus has a great provenance, while the Augustus aureus is a plate coin. I really don't know the relative...
You're not alone. I cannot access Numis Forums as well. I hope this is just a technical glitch and not something more serious.
Here's a coin that might help fill a gap or two (1544-45?) to keep the ball moving, another undated one. I don't remember posting this coin...
Well, here are two coins that will fill the gap, though they are undated, but issued circa 1543 to 1566. They are locally made 8 reales, probably...
Here are a couple of thalers for 1547: German States, Mansfeld, thaler, 1547. De May 668 28.5 grams [ATTACH] German Cities, Luneberg, thaler,...
I've seen that reverse orientation before. The Athenian-produced owls are in the neighborhood of a 9 o'clock reverse orientation, something given...
German States, Leuchtenberg Landgraviate, thaler, 1548. Davenport ECT 9370 29.02 grams [ATTACH]
That's a really nice Egyptian artifact. Here's a limestone or marble carving , that I've owed for several years, of what appears to be a...
Those gold nobles, English and imitative are absolutely beautiful coins that embody the art of the Middle Ages. I used to own an Edward III...
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