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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2571424, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><b>Netherlands (Gelderland): &quot;St. John&quot; type gold gulden (florin) of Arnold van Egmond, ca. 1423-1472</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Neth-Gelderland-StJohn-goldgulden-072222-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Neth-Gelderland-StJohn-goldgulden-072222-slab-v1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse:</b> St. John the Baptist, standing and facing, &quot;S.IOHANNES-BABTISTA&quot; (lion).</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> coats of arms, &quot;+ DVX.ARNOLD&#039;.GEL.Z.IVL.Z.COMIS.Z.&quot;</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">PCGS Genuine (&quot;Filed Rims- XF Details&quot;), cert. #32089335. Ex-Hans Verschoor (Netherlands), from his rondomons.nl website, 10/21/14. Purchased raw.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I&#039;d had my eye on a coin of this type for at least six months before I purchased this one, which had a better strike and a nice flan. The toning was a major selling point for me as well. The subsequent PCGS &quot;Genuine/Details&quot; grade was a disappointment. Their &quot;Filed Rims&quot; notation must mean they saw some traces of clipping on the edge, which is fairly common on precious metal hammered medieval coinage. I personally saw no such traces and will likely submit the coin to NGC for a second opinion, now that I have good images from the PCGS TrueViews. I&#039;m hoping it will receive a &quot;straight&quot; grade, but even if it doesn&#039;t, I&#039;m fond of this coin and like the toning on it. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/32089335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/32089335" rel="nofollow">PCGS cert verification page</a> (w/TrueView image link)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%2C_Duke_of_Guelders" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%2C_Duke_of_Guelders" rel="nofollow">Arnold, Duke of Guelders</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelders" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelders" rel="nofollow">Guelders</a> (historical duchy)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelderland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelderland" rel="nofollow">Gelderland</a> (modern province)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_baptist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_baptist" rel="nofollow">John the Baptist</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin was part of my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/">&quot;Eclectic Box of 20&quot; collection</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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