Your new purchase is very pretty! It also brings up a few questions I have about Japanese mints and their procedure in general. The stamps on...
Entry post. Either the Latvian coin or the Philippine peso. I love both designs. I may have to sell my other Latvian coin in order to raise funds...
Entry Post Let me see... $107.5 total, $15 SBA only <25, by 7. This is my favorite modern that I have a photo of thus far. A nice twisty...
Having just done a cursory glance, I believe your coin is indeed a Quattrino from Gubbio. The shield is the same, it’s definitely a holy year...
Very interesting! I had never even heard of Gabalas before! Do you have a better picture of it? Also, what is a noticeable difference between...
Spot on! One thing interesting about it is that it’s not in normal Chinese script. Instead it is a more archaic seal script. Most Song coins came...
My first thread, a little over three years ago, was about a penny of King John from 1205-09 minted in Winchester, which had a moneyer by the name...
It could be from the style. Finding coins that look similar and are mintmarked probably come from the same place as the non-mintmarked ones. I...
It took me forever, but I finally got around to this thread! Some of my personal favorites are below. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A nice full face. [ATTACH]...
For some time now I have been interested in Chinese coins. There is one milled coin denomination that appears to me to be unobtainable, despite it...
Entry Post I like the griffin on #1. It’s one of the few times I’ve preferred artistry over history. It is pretty historical though!
The Chinese is not reversed. Apparently the words for the Great Wall are 长城 in Simplified, 長城 in Traditional. From there I used Wiktionary to see...
This coin was issued under the founder of the Ming dynasty, from 1361 to 1368, when he became emperor, although it could have been issued beyond...
I reread the Foundation trilogy about a year ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was also interested in the history of the fictional empire as well,...
I think that Constans II from Egypt was the last Byzantine type to be made there. Pretty neat!
Around $5.
I've seen one similar to yours for about the same amount. Pretty neat!
I believe your first coin is this one, or something like it. The second one reminds me of tin pitis from Palembang. Here is a site about them. I...
One of the great things about the internet is that Dumbarton Oaks has free downloadable copies of both the Grierson book and their entire five...
Beautiful coin! Interestingly, this is one of the few Byzantine coins where the Emperor is depicted in a militaristic way. One other one had him...
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