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Message:: [QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 26677137, member: 135271"]I love a good toned coin! [ATTACH=full]1702227[/ATTACH] GAUL, MASSALIA AR Obol (11.04mm, 0.73g, 2h) Struck circa 300 BC Obverse: Youthful male bust left Reverse: Four-spoked wheel, MA in two quadrants References: De La Tour 689 Good flan quality. Lightly toned. Massalia was a Greek colony founded around 600 BC on the southern coast of modern-day France. Notable natives of Massalia include the great explorer Pytheas the Greek (fl. c. 320 BC), who travelled up the British Isles and as far north as Iceland, and later described his travels in a book entitled On the Ocean. [ATTACH=full]1702228[/ATTACH] ANTONINUS PIUS, AD 138-161 AR Denarius (18.9mm, 3.32g, 6h) Struck AD 151-152. Rome mint Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XV, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right Reverse: COS IIII, Annona, draped, standing left, holding grain in right hand and resting left on modius et on prow; rudder leaning against prow References: RIC III 204; RCV 4068 var. (obv. leg.); ERIC II 565. Ex Heritage Auction 3015, lot 26290 (Sept. 12, 2011); Ex Stack's Public Auction Sale, lot 622 (May 1, 1980). From the Frederick S. Knobloch Collection of Roman Imperial coins. A choice specimen, sharply struck, with attractive old collection toning. This coin comes from the collection of Frederick S. Knobloch, distinguished numismatist, collector, and coin dealer whose extensive collections were auctioned by Stack's in the 1970s and 80s. [ATTACH=full]1702229[/ATTACH] FAUSTINA II, as Augusta under Antoninus Pius AR Denarius (18.79mm, 3.12g, 7h) Struck Dec. AD 147/8. Rome mint Obverse: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina II right, wearing Beckmann Type 1 hairstyle Reverse: LAETITIAE PVBLICAE, Laetitia, draped, standing left, holding diadem in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left References: RIC III 506a, RCV 4705 From the Dr. Hugh Preston Collection. Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, 4/22/2010. Attractively toned with hints of iridescence. A particularly beautiful young portrait of Faustina, struck in high relief. This reverse type proclaiming joy to the public (LAETITIAE PVBLICAE) was struck to commemorate the birth of Faustina's first child, daughter Domitia Faustina, born late in AD 147. [ATTACH=full]1702230[/ATTACH] FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor, 1804-1814, 1815 AR Franc (23.1mm, 4.90g, 6h) Dated 1808. Paris mint, France Obverse: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate bust of Napoleon Bonaparte right, engraver’s signature below Reverse: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. around wreath containing 1 FRANC. in two lines; date flanked by mintmarks below References: Numista 6717 Mintage: 4,598,835 Near-mint state and exquisitely toned. From the Alexander Christopher Collection. [ATTACH=full]1702231[/ATTACH] REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA AR 10 Centavos (20.5mm, 3.33g, 6h) Dated 1945. Guatemala City mint Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA around coat of arms of Guatemala: quetzal perched on scroll inscribed LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTEMBRE DE 1821 in four lines; crossed rifles and sabres behind, wreath around; below arms, 0.720 1945 Reverse: -LEY DE 26 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1924-, quetzal perched on pillar inscribed 30 DE JUNIO 10 DE 1871 in five lines; 10 in left field, CENTAVOS below References: Numista 5128 Mintage: 1,499,000 In NGC encapsulation, graded MS66. Only one graded higher at NGC; none higher at PCGS. From the Globus Collection. A most attractive specimen, lustrous and lightly toned. The imagery on this coin represents several key moments in Guatemalan history. The national coat of arms shown on the obverse includes a quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala. The date on the parchment – September 15, 1821 – is the date Guatemala achieved independence from Spain. The reverse of the coin again shows a quetzal, perched atop a pillar bearing the date of the 1871 Liberal Revolution – which event is also referenced by the crossed weapons on the obverse. The legend on the reverse also contains a date – November 26, 1926 – which marked the introduction of the new monetary unit called the quetzal, which became Guatemala’s national currency. [/QUOTE]

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