I can't help you, because you're already better informed and armed with reference material than I am- but I will say it is quite a handsome medieval.
Those look like flow lines, not scratches. In fact, I find their radial pattern rather pleasing to the eye.
I'm late to the party. Looks as though I would have been right in my assumption that it was an MS62 with a weak strike. However, I would not...
At first I thought you were reacting to the presence of the slab insert grippers ("prongs") in the photos, but upon closer examination I see the...
Say, @Bardolph- seein' how you were so helpful with the half-escudo, I don't suppose you might have access to mintage information on this one,...
Y'all don't forget his Rule #2!
If you don't win the prize lot with the 1942 and 1949 Canadian dimes, and I remember, I'll ask the winner of that lot if it is OK if I switch out...
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United States: silver Capped Bust quarter, 1831 [IMG] Obverse: bust of Liberty left, wearing a Phrygian cap. Reverse: bald eagle, wings spread,...
Cool triskeles reverse on that one, Randy!
Ireland: brass "gunmoney" halfcrown of James II, July, 1690; struck during the Williamite-Jacobite War (PCGS AU53) [IMG]
Santinidollar Giveaway #1 This contest is now CLOSED. Winner was announced in Post #70. Here is an offering from @Santinidollar. Offering a...
Hey, Cheech- I forgot if you told me a closing date for this or not. Just remind me when you want to wrap it up and do the drawing, OK? Thanks....
That was my exact buying rationale. I usually can't afford higher grades, though I could have gotten a somewhat higher graded one in the 1830s...
Not sure. You mean it would be a 9 if "adjusted for inflation", i.e., ownership bias? ;)
Netherlands (Gelderland): "St. John" goldgulden (florin) of Arnold van Egmond, ca. 1423-1472 [IMG]
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A 17th century French Louis XIV brass jeton I found in some bulk junk recently. So it cost me mere pennies. (Louis XIV was the "Sun King", as...
Don't feel bad. I'm what I call a "magpie collector" much of the time.* Sure, I know how to read, and often I'll learn the finer points of a...
Play from the borders of modern Belgium. Belgium (Liège, Chapter of St. Lambert): copper méreau or communion token; memento mori, 1686 [IMG]
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