Wow! I really liked this write-up! I was particularly interested in Luigi Giorgi’s biography. I recently purchased these four coins that Luigi...
It is the genitive VSITANORVM, “of ...usitania”. Afterwards comes ET, but I can’t make sense of the end. Lusitania certainly seems possible to me.
It was your own.
Kilwa coins have been on my list from when I first joined this forum (in fact my first post was about them!), and seeing the historical context...
@Al Kowsky what a lovely piece of mutton fat! Seeing all of these carvings has really been interesting to me. I always think that seals are pretty...
Wow! If you read through that in one sitting you have the patience of a saint. If anyone has any Ming related objects to add, you are welcome to...
Epilogue Although the Manchu had the capital, the rest of China was still in turmoil. Various Ming relatives held out (and issued coins) on the...
An overall view of monetary policy The Ming did not have the best fiscal policy overall. The early reliance on paper money fell apart. There was...
9. Chong Zhen Tong Bao The last Ming emperor came to the throne at a terrible time. Large peasant revolts were sweeping the country, and the...
7. Wan Li Tong Bao After a short reign of five years the Longqing Emperor died in 1572, succeeded by his son the Wanli Emperor. At the start, his...
5. Hong Zhi Tong Bao In such a long gap many interesting things happened, most notably when the emperor became a POW of the Mongols and then...
3. Yong Le Tong Bao As you may notice, this coin is not called the Jian Wen Tong Bao. That is because he lasted only four years after...
This entire series of posts comes from a group lot of coins I recently bought. I thought it would be interesting to write up all of the Ming...
You’re probably right.
This is a 1976 restrike of a 1923 Chevronetz, or 10 roubles. See here. As for grading, I can’t say. I’m too poor to bother with gold.
Seeing cast trees like these always makes me wonder what caused them to survive, given that in a perfect none should exist because all the coins...
Also, here’s some photos from a few years ago of an incomplete Chinese coin tree at the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian. From...
Here is my four falus I bought because I like cast coins. The sprues are very visible.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
My Justinian, the last of the large ones.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
I think your photo on the right is upside down. It’s a Polish coin of Sigismund III, shown here.
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