Yeah, I've still got one or two of those left in my "mostly Italy" box of unsorted stuff. In circulated grades, they're not terribly expensive....
Iran (Persia), gold toman of Fath Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817 AD). Not my coin, but identical to one I gave my mother. I was raised in the Baha'i...
BTW, this is a stock photo of one of those early 1900s "Flying Nude" type 20-centesimi pieces. @moneycostingmemoney got one of those, as you can...
Note to self: look out for 1933 Italian coins (I don't think they made many-it was the Depression- but I'll see what I have.) Certainly I can...
Still looks like pretty nice surfaces.
You're tied with me, now. Each of us has had two featured articles. Keep up the good work, and let's see which of us can maybe break the tie... ;)
Here's what was sold since last time: Ancient Greece (Pontos, Amisos): silver drachm or siglos featuring Hera and owl, ca. late 5th to 4th...
Here's what's new this time around: Ancient Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, Athena and quadripartite punch, ca. 478-387 BC [IMG]...
I'm not a cartoonist. ;) Edit- well, yes, actually I am, sometimes.
Aye, but I don't find the design itself objectionable.
Nope. Not unless someone put a hole in it and carved it into a hobo piece. The hat used to be only pre-1900 holey gold. Nowadays it is only...
Archives of previous incarnations of this set: On CoinTalk: ~Eclectic Box archive, 06/22/2017 ~Eclectic Box archive, 05/10/2017 ~Eclectic Box...
[IMG] Great Britain: silver "South Sea Company" shilling of George I, 1723 [IMG] (PCGS MS63+, formerly NGC MS64) Switzerland (Zurich): silver...
[IMG] England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Aethelred II, struck ca. 997-1003 AD [IMG] (PCGS MS63) Turkey (Seljuq Sultanate of Rum): silver...
[IMG] The former "Eclectic Box of 20" has undergone an expansion from a "Box of 20" to a "Box of 25". (I've been using a 25-count slab box for...
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