You can find Ilisch here: https://jaarboekvoormuntenpenningkunde.nl/jaarboek/1997/1997-1998a.pdf You'll find this piece, or at least the various...
Sweet purchase! You just gotta love these early and unrefined pieces ;). I believe the cruder TRAIECT types such as this, when only ‘ECT’ is...
This thread as turned into a wonderful love-letter to Malachite in all its forms! But why not show some other minerals equally deserving of our...
Wow! Amazing coins @panzerman! Your Bourgundian (Andreas) Gulden/Florin d'or was actually struck in the Antwerp (Brabant) mint rather than Brugge...
Ype, what a wonderful list to end a wonderful year of collecting sceattas. I still remember that first sceatta you bought as if it were yesterday....
Malachite appears in many shades of greens and forms! While its single crystals are almost never visible, especially on coins (It would be...
A Sigma 105mm macro (f/2.8) at around MFD. You actually almost make them out with the naked eye!
While we are on the topic of copper/bronze oxidation, which is an entire study on its own especially helpful when studying ancient chinese coins...
It’s not Monday anymore, but since @Orielensis tagged it, I think it is fair game to post my Wynrich von Kniprode Schilling on a Tuesday! [IMG]...
Interesting! The thing is that Donatus is never actually mentioned as being a mintmaster or moneyer; only his brother, Jacobus Mulekyn of...
Excellent examples and an equally fascinating write-up! Not a James, but still a groat of a Scottish king, albeit in a very dark picture worth...
Wang Mang probably has the record for earliest bi-metal coinage? (Tagging @TypeCoin971793 for his marvelous example!)
As of posting this, there are still about five minutes of MM left in my timezone! How about some Low Countries stuff? [IMG] County of Flanders,...
It was an absolute pleasure visiting the show in Houten yesterday and browsing through all the albums with you, @Roerbakmix! I turn my back to him...
Pfew! Just barely scraping into the top 10 with my crusty beauty! But losing to that mega-monster of @Edessa is surely no shame. Thanks @Severus...
The 90.53 grams of this rough octobol (a cuprite patina only a collector of Chinese cash could love) is still a bit short of some of the true...
Oh fantastic! Hopefully I wasnt bidding against you! :nailbiting:. I had expected the hammer to be a little higher and was prepared to go up a...
Some fantastic coins here guys, although it needs some more silver! Axum has always fascinated me and the eventual goal would be to have three...
It has been a while since I made my last post here! I have shown only two of the coins I have bought so far this year. Life has kept me busy and...
Simply fantastic @Orielensis ! An amazing find with an equally entertaining write-up. One of these gigliato has been on my wantlist for forever,...
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