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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7461323, member: 10461"]I'll bet you didn't expect to see any ancients in this thread, but since the term "colonial" refers to coins struck for a colony, and the Greeks and Romans had colonies of their own, well, here you go... <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/">Greece (Spartan colony in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm, ca. 302-281 BC</a>(NGC XF; Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5)<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/mNH9fUJLQZS5eLUegzbA_Taras-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/151491/coins-antique-to-provincial-roman-egypt-alexandria-billon-tetradrachm-of-hadrian-ca-117-138-ad-canopic-jar-of-osiris" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/151491/coins-antique-to-provincial-roman-egypt-alexandria-billon-tetradrachm-of-hadrian-ca-117-138-ad-canopic-jar-of-osiris" rel="nofollow">Roman Egypt (Alexandria): billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, ca. 117-138 AD; canopic jar of Osiris</a>(Raw)<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/pxgRQkQCRsKGKkH2Xc49_Hadrian-Canopus-gradient.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Roman Egypt: billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, Year 15 (130-131 AD); Hadrian receiving corn ears from Alexandria(Raw)<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/VTXjrD4vR32dE2SrWqF5_HADRIAN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Mexico: silver 8-reales "cob" of Charles II, ca. 1665-1682, from the 1682 "Johanna" shipwreck off South Africa(PCGS Fine Details, environmental damage; wreck pedigree on label)<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/JnqwkDXjSuWrccyYLwvS_37681944_Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Bolivia (Spanish Colonial): silver "cob" type 1-real coin of Charles II, 1694 VR, Potosí mint(PCGS VF25)<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/9V1DGK6OQJKRNqrmLlMJ_35075129_Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Mexico (Spanish Colonial): silver 8 reales ("Pillar Dollar"), 1761-Mo-MM, Mexico City mint(PCGS AU50)<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8Cq9GhCUSRaZ2LBCmK7K_30410618_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> French Colonies: copper sou of Louis XV, 1767, with post-revolutionary 1793 "RF" counterstamp(PCGS F15 host coin; counterstamp graded XF on label)<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/3wtMtuOeRbOoI7A5MBbH_32089336_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Oh yeah, another Spanish Colonial cob, this one from Peru.  I didn't own it long enough to get any decent pictures of it. <img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/BQUBYSM6TEeeOjuQ1P4g_Peru-Cob8R-1699R-030000-slab.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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