Thanks for the info, guys. I'll hold on to them.
Wow, thanks for the detailed and informative post! Interesting history on these. Here are a couple of quick scans I made.
Recently acquired a couple of "ten sen" notes. I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow, but they are series 100, say "Military Currency" across...
A quick search yielded that this is a coin of Tuscan origin. Didn't find more than that, however.
Well-worn, but now the oldest German silver I own.
Bad picture, but here's one I picked up at a local show last weekend (showed these in the Germany thread, but this one is more appropriate):
Went to a small local show today and got some very fair deals from one of the vendors. Walked away with some interesting additions to the...
Neat looking coin! Can't help you with any more info on the coin, but Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo was doge from 1763-78. He was the third-to-last...
Oh man, funny to find this thread here. I'm a huge fan of the Total War series (Rome, Medieval II, Empire, Napoleon, Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai...
Congrats to the winners and thanks for the contest, flyers!
Definitely MacArthur. He's obviously one of the two most famous in the bunch (likely thanks in large part to Gregory Peck's depiction), but he was...
Aw, shucks. Nice guess, Jensenbay! And thanks for putting on the contest, Rock! Very awesome of you.
Been meaning to get a couple of these, as I really like the look. Having trouble finding them near spot as one of the posters said they could be...
Second guess: 6464 for A. Thanks!
7464 (2nd guess) and A, please!
Cool contest! How about 6446? (for A)
These keep showing up on ebay from a couple of different sellers. Really frustrating, since it appears they're ruining perfectly good coins to...
Yep, economics of opportunity costs. In general, silver coins aren't a terrible investment in the long term, though. If the economy's tanking,...
Some amazing coins in this thread. I've mainly found myself collecting Third Reich silver, but would love to move into 18th century coins...
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