The inscription looks to be something like dieu et mond roit, which makes it the coat of arms of the British monarchy. It looks more like a...
Modern/junk, around $5-6 per pound shipped. Mix of older and newer, $8-10.
Very true, prohibitively expensive to collect. Your coin does have good eye appeal though, so congrats on that. My only example of Russian gold of...
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Nice pickups! The Ekaterina II gold is real tough, even examples with issues :)
Never knew there was a difference, thanks :)
An interesting example of the many types of modern fantasy pieces seen in the past decade. Note the colorful nature of the surface is due to a mix...
Scan distortion, but I wonder how some people would view this. [ATTACH]
It's about time hoarding was recognized as distinct from OCD. Hoarding is driven by emotional/sentimental attachment, which is not the case with...
That "shifting" on the edge is an overlap. A genuine coin will have a second such overlap directly opposite (180 degrees) to the one shown....
Can never go wrong at only a dollar, even if just to learn something :)
Well either way you got a sweet deal. I paid a bit over $50 for the set of four, which is also a good deal, but not nearly as good as the one you got.
Why disappointing? Still worth like $20 even being a modern fantasy.
Oh that's cool. I just recently picked up a set of the 4 base metal "small" types :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That tetragrammaton medal is really cool, can't say I've seen anything like that before (especially in sterling silver)
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=692423 10th one down. And yes it would appear the coin is mis-attributed. By the way I just...
True, and please @C-B-D don't go randomly acetone blasting foreign coins. Some types may have been treated with chemicals that will react and...
Close ups bro
Pn9 is a completely different design. NGC site has the photo of the thin type, which is what your example is. Both of the other two are thick...
I see a couple more key dates in your latest round of pics... 1926 Denmark 2 ore (and in nice shape too) and 1927 (looks like that year, at least)...
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