And looking at the lettertype used for "east india company": not a temple token from 1818. Much too modern! What does UKL mean?
Just to give some extra information: Liege was a powerful prince-bishopry in the Southern Netherlands which was laying out of the Habsburg lands....
During the Middle Ages, Gelderland (or Gelre) was a duchy. It became part of the Burgundian lands and, after the marriage of Maria of Burgundy...
Euro coin pattern sets have nothing to do with 'real' euro coins. These are sets with fantasy coins, made by private issuers to get some money...
The mintage could well be an error in your book (I have seen more errors in Krause books). The actual mintages for the coins of your series are:...
My Krause 32nd edition (2005) gives a mintage of 20,000,000.
I just looked it up: Krause lists for the 5 centimes 1981 a mintage of 134,974,000 . I use the 32nd edition (2005).
The mintage for the 1835 Maundy penny is 8,712
You will NOT find Italian euro's with the new European side, as Italy (but Austria and Portugal as well, together with San Marino and the Vatican)...
You have to read the symbols from right to left ; you first encounter 6, than 10 and 1, this makes (6 x 10) + 1 = 61 (= AD 1972)
The threehalfpence coins were struck for circulation in Jamaica and Ceylon. I quote F.Pridmore in "The Coins of the British Commonwealth of...
Speaking of weird denominations: Haiti had 2 coins with a denomination of 6 1/4 centimes : one in name of emperor Faustin I and one of the republic.
Hi Coswho, In my Krause 19th century (3rd edition) from 2001, your coin (2 tlaco 1815 KM#64) gets a catalog value of: VG:12.00 / F:25.00/...
Indeed, this is not a coin. These medals are made to be worked in jewelry.
The first coin is a 20 heller from (imperial) Austria KM#2803 The second one is an imperial Chinese 10 cash coin from the early 20th century,...
The same scene is depicted on the Greek 2-euro coin.
That's the one, Aidan ! Thanks for the link to the article. It explains it all! About the celebration of the centenary of Herge's birth,...
Belgium issued a 20 euro medal-coin, only in proof. It has been issue for the 100th anniversary of Hergé (Georges Remi), the man who designed...
The diameter is 30 mm.
That's really a bargain, kiwi01!! What a catch!! Congratulations with such an acquisition!
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