Are these images from the same coin? The two images make it look like there are two different blank thicknesses.
Definitely seems modern to me. It looks like pewter or lead? Likely the moneyer put these two different time periods to ensure it would not be...
Nothing you say is off base here, and nothing I put forth was to prove something for all dies. It's fascinating history and a great conversation...
Personally, I doubt it was done without magnification. Humans always want to make things easier, and magnification helps in many applications....
This is actually what I do for my hobby, other than coin collecting. Mostly using hand-push gravers and handmade punches, I try to do it like they...
[IMG] Schweidnitz Boar's Head Heller Silesia, City of Schweidnitz ~1390-1450 Obv: Boar's Head, right, long tusks protruding with large eye. Rev:...
Thanks all - It is not very uniform on the coin - more uniform on the back than the front. I will have to give VerdiCare a try. I think the battle...
Hey All. I have recently been going through my grandmother's coin collection. There was an old Whitman folder for these Indian Head cents,...
[IMG]Recently have been getting into Handhellers what with the current plague. Last purchase of 2020, first coins in of 2021: 15 assorted...
I have a lion bracteate of Brunswick as well, although a bit later than yours =] Albrecht der Große 1252-1279 A few small tears in the flan,...
Thanks for confirming my suspicions. I really appreciate the help. Ill break out the acetone and report on the progress.
Hello everyone! I have been playing with a new light box and noticed a few green spots on one of my silver Hellers. Any opinions on if this is...
Beautiful Lüneberg Bracteate! One of my favorites.
Great writeup kaparthy. I have also been interested in these lately, I am working to reconstruct these as they were struck in the period. Please...
Very cool Giveaway! If I were chosen, #20 is the most interesting to me. It hits all the buttons for coins of the time: the simplistic beauty of...
Reviving this thread because bracteates are very cool...had to share my own Brunswick purchase: [ATTACH] Albrecht der Große Duchy of Brunswick...
I do, and take private commissions from time to time. Its not going to make me rich but its a good outlet and great practice.
Yes they are! Top left is based on a 13th century bracteate, the center is based on Edward I penny of 1279, and the right is a strike for a 16th...
Hello everyone - I usually lurk here, but heck, I'll throw my two cents in. I recently moved across the country for a job, and life has been...
Sceattas are an awesome topic to follow down the rabbit hole. I'd love to own some as nice as yours one day!
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