[CLOSED] LordM Giveaway #45 (pick your prize)

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The original Elvis on a Cook Islands commemorative coin:

 

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Here is what a gold coin likes like before it is a coin. 1.2 ounces.

 

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Counterfeit 2007 £1 Coin (Gateshead Millennium Bridge)

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/counterfeit-2007-£1-coin.347504/


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A recent eBay acquisition. Many people won't buy coins there. I say, "Good for you,but b etter for me!"

My wife and I collect coins of Ludwig II. He is a rather popular character and his coins often carry a premium. According to my grandmother on my mother's side Ludwig was my direct ancestor through female lines. Official history says that's not possible. I did the research and I believe my granny. There are several holes, mysteries and inconsistencies in the official history that her story fills neatly without creating any new ones, and the family resemblance (both physical and mental) is very strong. So we collect his issues and despise his uncle, the usurper.

 

Funny thing about that is bronze was not legal tender in the US until after civil war. Merchants could refuse to accept it and require silver or gold in payment. Bronze was accepted as a mere courtesy, so it didn't matter whether it was official US mint or not. They either chose to accept it or lost the sale.

 

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The Liberty Walking half dollar just might be the most handsome US coin in proof. Whatcha think?

 

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A lion...

 

Entry post. Since I'm doing a little research on dolphins on coins through the ages, I'll post this one from the Roman Republican era. Thanks for your generosity.

 

Ok here it is. Can't win if you don't post anything. Good luck to all. Arab/Byzantine Phase 1, after a follis of Constans II.

 

Wow. Nice coin. Like the reverse more

 

Now I like that coin. Don’t have any idea what it is. But I say keep it

 

Wanna know more about your coin. Any help

 

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Many thanks for your continued generosity. If I win I'd choose the 1929 Latvian coin.

 

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recently found an odd thin scrap of metal while metal detecting. On a whim I tossed it in my tumbler. Examining it I saw a crown with a Roman Numeral III beneath it.

1598-1623 King Felipe III maravedis. Prior my oldest coin found was a 1718 1Reale. Jumped ahead by a century.

 

Entry Post - Thanks L.M. This is my desk, always messy.

 

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I think there were twins

 

The lesser Balboas,
a half Balboa and cinco centisimos.

 

Where did the gold come from?