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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 5429877, member: 10461"]It's not an ancient, but [USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER] gave me this beauty late last year.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">France: bronze essai (5-centimes pattern by Barre) of Louis Phillipe I, 1840</font></font></b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/france-bronze-essai-5-centimes-pattern-by-barre-of-louis-phillipe-i-1840.371416/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/france-bronze-essai-5-centimes-pattern-by-barre-of-louis-phillipe-i-1840.371416/"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/5N5GrDWYSSuVcbeHGxeL_Essai-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS, laureate bust left. "BARRE 1840" below truncation.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> REFONTE DES MONNAIES DE CUIVRE / 5 / CENT. / ESSAI; denomination within wreath.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/3bE1ZMzTeW3XJCemdI7Q_Essai-obv.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/jTMzA0RiRXelgWtdXgON_Essai-rev.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Stacks-Bowers auction photos here (which were shot through the plastic of the somewhat scuffy older NGC slab) aren't fantastic, but the coin itself is!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2FaEVGeJzS02QkUlCfjiK3_ECBDB4FC-830D-43F8-A506-659F64F344C9.jpeg&hash=5f03e3f962d288f2ee4c52c84c39ba39" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is not the first time Josh has gifted me very generously (almost <i>too</i> generously) with a nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two below were gifts from him as well. The Lincoln cent came from an original roll saved by his great-grandfather in 1909. Very cool pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Roman Empire: billon reduced centenionalis; VRBS ROMA city commemorative, ca. 330-340 AD</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-empire-billon-reduced-centenionalis-vrbs-roma-city-commemorative-ca-330-340-ad.368579/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-empire-billon-reduced-centenionalis-vrbs-roma-city-commemorative-ca-330-340-ad.368579/"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ZZb7HbYURPStw5S2eF5B_UrbsRoma-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> VRBS ROMA, bust of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Roma</a> left in plumed helmet, imperial mantle, and ornamental necklace.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-wolf_(Roman_mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-wolf_(Roman_mythology)" rel="nofollow">Lupa Romana</a> (she-wolf) left, suckling the twins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus" rel="nofollow">Romulus and Remus</a>; two stars above; • ASIS • mintmark in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exergue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exergue" rel="nofollow">exergue</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>United States: bronze Lincoln cent, 1909-VDB; from a roll saved by Ohio banker Leroy Zachman in 1909</b></font></font></p><p><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/6GiZSfUWV86y6p07oj5F" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/6GiZSfUWV86y6p07oj5F" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/g7Z22sy3QWS0vHawAWcv_1909VDB-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 5429877, member: 10461"]It's not an ancient, but [USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER] gave me this beauty late last year. [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]France: bronze essai (5-centimes pattern by Barre) of Louis Phillipe I, 1840[/SIZE][/FONT] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/france-bronze-essai-5-centimes-pattern-by-barre-of-louis-phillipe-i-1840.371416/'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/5N5GrDWYSSuVcbeHGxeL_Essai-frame.png[/IMG][/URL][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Obverse:[/B] LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS, laureate bust left. "BARRE 1840" below truncation. [B]Reverse:[/B] REFONTE DES MONNAIES DE CUIVRE / 5 / CENT. / ESSAI; denomination within wreath.[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/3bE1ZMzTeW3XJCemdI7Q_Essai-obv.png[/IMG][/B] [B][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/jTMzA0RiRXelgWtdXgON_Essai-rev.png[/IMG][/B] [B][/B] The Stacks-Bowers auction photos here (which were shot through the plastic of the somewhat scuffy older NGC slab) aren't fantastic, but the coin itself is! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2FaEVGeJzS02QkUlCfjiK3_ECBDB4FC-830D-43F8-A506-659F64F344C9.jpeg&hash=5f03e3f962d288f2ee4c52c84c39ba39[/IMG] This is not the first time Josh has gifted me very generously (almost [I]too[/I] generously) with a nice coin. These two below were gifts from him as well. The Lincoln cent came from an original roll saved by his great-grandfather in 1909. Very cool pedigree. [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Roman Empire: billon reduced centenionalis; VRBS ROMA city commemorative, ca. 330-340 AD[/B] [B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-empire-billon-reduced-centenionalis-vrbs-roma-city-commemorative-ca-330-340-ad.368579/'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ZZb7HbYURPStw5S2eF5B_UrbsRoma-frame.png[/IMG][/URL][/B] [B]Obverse:[/B] VRBS ROMA, bust of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_(mythology)']Roma[/URL] left in plumed helmet, imperial mantle, and ornamental necklace. [B]Reverse:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-wolf_(Roman_mythology)']Lupa Romana[/URL] (she-wolf) left, suckling the twins [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus']Romulus and Remus[/URL]; two stars above; • ASIS • mintmark in [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exergue']exergue[/URL]. [B]United States: bronze Lincoln cent, 1909-VDB; from a roll saved by Ohio banker Leroy Zachman in 1909[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/6GiZSfUWV86y6p07oj5F'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/g7Z22sy3QWS0vHawAWcv_1909VDB-frame.png[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
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