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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3782851, member: 10461"]The first coin below is a copper 2-maravedis piece from Spain, struck circa 1474-1504 by Ferdinand and and Isabella, who financed Columbus' journey, as you know.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second type you will recognize. Both coins cost me considerably less than twenty bucks, and either one can be yours for <i>free</i> if you enter this month's <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-friends-coin-giveaway-october-2019-7-prizes-from-6-donors.347881/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-friends-coin-giveaway-october-2019-7-prizes-from-6-donors.347881/">giveaway</a> and win Prize #1 (the "Pick Bin" option) in the drawing.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Interestingly, the US coin cost more than the 500-year-old Spanish one did. Sometimes that just seems strange to me.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010319[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010320[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3782851, member: 10461"]The first coin below is a copper 2-maravedis piece from Spain, struck circa 1474-1504 by Ferdinand and and Isabella, who financed Columbus' journey, as you know. The second type you will recognize. Both coins cost me considerably less than twenty bucks, and either one can be yours for [I]free[/I] if you enter this month's [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-friends-coin-giveaway-october-2019-7-prizes-from-6-donors.347881/']giveaway[/URL] and win Prize #1 (the "Pick Bin" option) in the drawing. (Interestingly, the US coin cost more than the 500-year-old Spanish one did. Sometimes that just seems strange to me.) [ATTACH=full]1010318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010319[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010320[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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