You were close, it's a double tournois alright, but issued under Henry III 1590-94. The legend reads - obv - DE FRAN ET POLVHENRI III R rev -...
Yup, it's a fake.
Nahhhhhh - there'd be at least 2 :D Honestly Mike I expect I would agree with the grade of a lot of them, probably even most of them. Now I...
Back at the end of March of this year I was contacted by The Smart Cube, a research and consulting company headquartered in London, with offices...
Don't sell the idea of propping a coin up a bit short, give it a try, certainly can't hurt. When I get back to the house I'll look this one up...
Howdy Daniel - Your coin being so different from any of those in the other thread deserves to have its own thread so I created one for you....
Please post a picture of your coin and I'll be glad to help if I can. Based purely on your description though I would say that the coin is just...
Boss - after all of the discussions we have had on this and other similar subjects, this thread only reinforces what I have always said - don't...
Based on your description it probably is not worth having them appraised unless a few of the coins were some scarce variety and/or in exceptional...
I'm kind of surprised to hear you say that what with all the rim dings and what appears to be a large hit at the point of the neck on the obv. Add...
OK so let me get this straight. I guess it depends on the weather or something, but at one time I get flack and it is said that I post too much...
Yes, both NGC and PCGS have and will accept coins in original mint packaging. And PCGS has on a good many occasions returned those coins in...
Fair enough, I misunderstood.
Didn't think you meant that for a second Mike. What I meant by saying that I am not a hypocrite is this - the forum rules are that nobody can have...
Hmmmmm - something is weird. Curious to see what the TPG says now.
Yeah I suppose I could Mike, but what kind of example would that be ? One thing I'm not, and that's a hypocrite. And would it really do any...
So what company is it that slabbed those coins RedTiger ?
Weight on which coin ? The break in the 0 is more pronounced than usual, but other than that it looks normal to me.
Well try as I might it seems I cannot change the dang thing. Apparently only Peter can since he's the one that put it there. So Peter - if you...
I disagree Paul, I think there are areas on that coin that are readily visible in the pic. I have circled them below. And quite honestly I don't...
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