Hey there all. My name is Mark. I am the original poster and owner of the coin in question. I’ve decided to take up a collection among the posters...
I was in the 35-40 camp myself so I’m happy to see the forum agrees. Now we just need to decide whether or not to submit it for grading. It is...
Here are a couple other shots of the coin on a different surface and in better lighting. I think this is a more accurate representation of the...
My son and I were going through his type book this morning and got to looking at his 1824 half dollar. We looked at photo grade to try and assess...
Here’s a much older piece from Bulgaria [ATTACH]
Thanks for the intel @ycon Does the stellino variety add value?
A-4 Ferdinand and Isabella 4 Maravedis
Here are a few Swedish pieces from the lot: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hey all, As mentioned in a couple other posts, I recently acquired a very random assortment of world coins at auction. They came with small...
A couple of Sicilian pieces, one Florentine and a few from Denmark... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1622 Naples Sicily 1 Tari [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here’s the next 5. More from Malta and a few other odds and ends... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looks like the date is either 1643 or 1645 based on what appears to be the base of a 4 and the bottom curl of a 3 or a 5.
I really like how clear the John the Baptist countermark is on my coin. Do the various countermarks add value? How would you value my 2 tari?
Here’s some more... A couple for fans of Dracula and a Malta piece that @mrbadexample sent me a document identifying the countermarks. [ATTACH]...
@Chris B here’s some more... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just before the world was turned upside down, I won a mixed lot of world coins in a Dix Noonan Webb auction. Little did I know when I bid, that...
The obverse roman numerals read 1492 (MCCCCXCII) while the reverse read 1892 (MDCCCXCII) and 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) which were the years of the 400th...
The solution is eZest. I mentioned that in the pilgrim thread but forgot to specify here. Here are the pilgrim photos: [ATTACH]
I agree about the eagle. It is a perfect representation of the Art Deco movement of the time. It looks like a cross between the French and German...
After a fairly successful experiment with a 1920 Pilgrim Commemorative earlier this week, I decided to apply the same technique to another comm....
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