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The Gallic Empire.
Emperor Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus (260-269).
Silver antoninianus, 262 A.C.

 

I got 65 new pickups in 2018. Here is most recent...

 

A new pickup for my Austro-Hungarian prooflike set:

Hungary 1905KB 20 Korona
NGC MS61 PL
KM-486 (1892-1915)
AU .900 6.775g 21mm



A nice companion piece for my MS62 PL 10 Korona, which was previously my only gold coin in this set with a PL designation. NGC is very tight on giving the PL designation to gold coins, so I was very pleased to find this example, especially as this is my favorite Franz Joseph gold type.

 

Won this bad boy from CNG today. I bet it's nice in hand! https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=370975

 

A couple old looking coins came from India yesterday. First one is Kutch State, 1 kori. Next one Bengal Presidency 1 rupee

 

Finally got me a couple of these "punch mark" coins of the Mauryan Empire, 1 karshapana, supposedly King Ashoka 272-232 BC. I understand these are hard to identify closely. Do they count as "Ancient"?

 

My newest: Ecu à 6 livres, Louis XVI, "Roi des Francois" 1792. The following year there wasn't a Roi anymore.

 

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Very nice!

 

I got these 4 coins from a friend who recently found them in his military pants when cleaning out his basement. He was stationed in Vietnam. 2 are Vietnamese and the other two from Taiwan.

 

Picked these up from a LCS today - they're not perfect, but they're perfect for what I paid, which was 50 cents total:

Germany (Prussia) - 1855 A 3 Pfennig



Germany (Prussia) - 1855 A 1 Groschen

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This arrived by motorcycle this morning, young woman driver too.

 

They had some cool non ancient items in that auction. I was under bidder on about 4 other cool things. Happy with my 1 win though. First CNG win!

 

Another pickup for my ambitious FJI Austro-Hungarian Florin/Forint full set (1857-1892).

Austria 1889 AR Florin
NGC MS64
KM-2222 (1872-1892)

 

Got this load today. Nice mix. About 240 Japanese 1 and 4 mon Kanei Tsuho and Bunkyu Eiho, and about 60 Chinese (mostly Qing and Northern Sung), two Korean and two Tenpo Tsuho. The token is a Japanese tourist medal from 1980.

 

My first coin bought from China. It's from the Shanghai Mint and was graded in China by PCGS. It's a 2 ounce piece in a thick PCGS holder. Came with the OGP, COA and a very nice zippered pouch. Took less than 3 weeks to get here which seemed pretty quick to me.

 

That pavilion on the lake looks rather familiar. I think I sat there eating river snails with 2 nice sisters a few years ago. In 2002 it was, in Shang Hai.