To follow from the previous post a 1884R Italy Umberto I gold 20 Lire - not my usual collecting area but given it is the key date in the series...
A 1812 3 centisimi from the Milan mint of Napoleonic Italy. Coppers of this period seem quite difficult to find in good grade so I am very happy...
I actually got one in the world coins section at the end - below estimate which was also below the starting prices for lower grade examples in...
A 1808 Spanish Ferdinand VII 8 reales from the Seville mint - one of the last main mints to fall to Napoleon in January 1810. As full dates runs...
I am trying to improve the quality of my British Ceylon collection as most are (very) low grade and I have now added a second graded coin, a 1890...
Another option is that the auction house owns the coins (bought direct from collectors) and therefore the starting prices are set to give the...
This seems to happen alot with certain auction houses and appears to be increasing - the starting prices are too high. From the lots I have been...
Nice example, there are a few varieties for the 1808M and your coin appears to be the more common version of the Type 2. My example is 1814M,...
I have just received a Proclamation from 1806 detailing the new coinage for Napoleonic Italy - this is a great addition to my typeset of the...
I have bought a few things from their auctions over the years without any problem at all - usually paid by a bank transfer from the UK. Any...
I would also recommend getting it graded. If you look on the Heritage archives AUdetails is ~$1500 and a 63 is ~$3000.
I didn't realise that Ebay were adding 20% for coins from overseas - although due to circumstances I haven't bought any for a while from Ebay I...
I found this really interesting as I am a collector of die numbers on British Victorian sixpences which was 1864 to 1879 and there are ~600!...
Nice coin, I do not have any from Louis XVIII. As the mint mark is M on your coin it is from Toulouse, Perpignan is mint mark Q, although the...
@panzerman - another beautiful coin. I have always thought of collecting a coin from each French King - you must must be close to this now?
From Iceland to Ireland - 1846 farthing token issued by one of my ancestors, the family fell on hard times and moved to the North of England!...
Nice example, I have a few Napoleonic coins as it was such an important period of history. The other 'hundred days' denominations are the 1815A 2...
Back to Napoleonic France - 1808BB 5 centimes - the only copper coin issued. The 5 and 10 centimes (20% silver) do not have a bust of Napoleon -...
I was not familiar with these coins/history - very interesting. My knowledge starts with Jean Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's Marshall's, who was...
Thankyou all for your suggestions, the reverse of this medal represents the Capture of Vienna in 1809 which was a major victory for Napoleon so...
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