Thanks, as much as love Ancients, I have same affair with Medieval thru 1933, gold coinage.
Extremely rare dated Dukat from Basel. With classic Basilisk obv. rev. center is weakly struck, coin is mint state...from Spink auction.[ATTACH]...
I like that one too! I think its time to call these not medallions but 3 Solidi/8 Aurei etc. After all, we call 100 Dukaten just that, or 100...
If, I won the lottery, it would be something like this...[ATTACH]
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Hi all: OK, I get lots of stuff sent from Germany. Gorny&Mosch/Kunker/Solidus..... all are sent with a "neutral" registered letter. No...
I was out walking the Rottie, yeah I seemed to posted same side twice. Anyway, here goes again...[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I really like Islamic coinage, esp. the ones from the Moorish Dynasties in Spain. The Seljuks of Rum also produced beautifull material. They were...
They are both gorgeous, and show why ancient coins are sooooo special.
I will certainly do that!
Never thought about that... Probably will have a little time in evening April/Sept/Oct/Nov. but during the "murder months" May/June/July/Aug not...
Good hunting/luck! I unfortunately:( have to go back to work, snow is almost all gone, so first thing on the agenda....strap on a backpak leaf...
Thanks everyone....we owe a lot of gratitude to persons in past who so carefully preserved those coins for us to enjoy today. Maybe there were...
Thanks Ken, that explains it pretty well. John
This term is used a lot by third party grading experts. I have looked it up, asked numismatists, I seem to get a different answer about what the...
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Wonderfull coins indeed! I do not have any, so I am thrilled to see yours.
Sadly, we do not have talented engravers around anymore, hence the mediocre coin designs. Here is a Salzburg 2 Dukaten from 15[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
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