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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2874778, member: 10461"]Let's rescue some of the pictures from the burning Photobucket shipwreck. First, from the Holey Gold Hat album: Byzantine Empire: gold solidus of the Eastern emperor Zeno ca. 476-491 AD (Ex- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg" rel="nofollow">Louis E. Eliasberg</a>, mentioned above in Post #12) <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Old%202007-2008%20Roman%20collection/RS130-Zeno.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Turkey, gold zeri mahbub of Sultan Selim III, AH 1203, regnal year 4 (ca. 1793-1794 AD)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/OttomanGold.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Colombia (Spanish Colonial): gold escudo, 1798<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/ColombiaEscudo1798holey.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Canada (Newfoundland): gold 2 dollars, 1881<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-Canada-Newfie-Gold-200-1881.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain: "Spade" type half-guinea, 1789<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-GrBrit-HalfGuinea-1789.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Netherlands: gold ducat, 1830<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-Netherlands-1ducat-1830.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States: Type 3 gold dollar, 1889<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-USA-Gold-100-1889.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States: Classic Head type quarter-eagle ($2.50), 1834 (plain 4)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-USA-Gold-250-1834.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States: Liberty Head type quarter-eagle ($2.50), 1856-S<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-USA-Gold-250-1856S.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States: gold "Indian Princess" 3 dollars, 1860(There were tantalizing traces of an obliterated counterstamp on the obverse of this one.  Sadly, I could never make it out.  Looks like it began with "R R".)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-USA-Gold-300-1860.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States (California): gold fractional 1/4 dollar, round Liberty head, 1870<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-USA-gold25c-1870-CA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States (California): gold fractional 1/2 dollar, octagonal Liberty head, 187(2?)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-USA-gold50c-1872-CA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> (There were a few more gold coins on the hat- a couple of gold dollars and such - but alas, the photos of them have gone missing.) [/QUOTE]

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