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Large or small 3?

 

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I don't know of any online reference that shows pictures of both, but I would go with the "small upper half to 3" version if pushed to make a choice.

 

Went on Ebay for a comparison. Yours looks small.

Small 3... lower than 6



Large 3..


large 3 looks the same height as 6.

 

Thank you! Couldn't find photos of both to compare, but these make it pretty clear!

 

I haven't bought coins for quite awhile. got these first 2 for several dollars under melt.

 

A couple new pickups:

Hungary 1868KB Krajczar
NGC MS65 RB

I have this issue as an MS65 BN and wouldn't normally upgrade just for color, but I've seen all the higher grade examples that have been NGC slabbed of this issue, and I believe this one has the best eye appeal.



Hungary 1869KB Forint

This one I also have as an NGC MS63 with great eye appeal, however, I so infrequently come across any type of forint with attractive toning that this was quite interesting. I'm optimistic that this could get a bump for eye appeal and originality at NGC as well and may wind up being a stronger example for my registry set.

 

Scored a delightful box of coins on Saturday - it has taken me 2 days to go through them all. Here are some stunning German coin s:

 

... and also some excellent Russian silver:

 

Another of the tall 3:

 

Great haul you got there, Paddy

 

Some Rupees

Kashmir, VS1934 (1877)




Sikh Empire, VS1876 (1819)




Afghanistan, 1797-1800

 

Those coins are interesting looking.

 

This coin I bought (very cheaply by the way) because I wanted to know how it works, a Hohlpfennig or Hollow Penny of the Middle Ages. It's a type of bracteate, a one-sided coin popular in late medieval times. This one is from Lüneburg (near Hamburg), a salt-producing town that was a member of the Hanseatic League.

The herring-catching towns of the Hanse needed salt for preserving the fish, so to have your own saltworks amongst your members was very useful. It's not easy to see, but there's a walking lion on it, and the other side just shows some bumps leaving you to guess head and swishing tail.



AR Hohlpfennig, Lüneburg. 15th century. Obv. Lion walks to the right, with S-curved tail. 16 mm, 0.41 gr.

I made a side picture of the obverse, too. It looks a bit like a volcano cone. Probably these were easily stackable, for they are very light, you need dozens or hundreds for transactions.

 

Very cool coin! First I have seen or heard of such. Always good to learn something new. By the way, things were much cheaper back then, so it may not have taken such a big stack of them for a transaction.

 

True, I saw this website with some comparisons. A penny of those days weighed about 1.5 gr, or a bit over 3 times this Hohlpfennig. You could have six loaves of bread for one penny in the early 15th century, so with a bit of luck you could buy two loaves for this little coin.

 

This isn't exactly my area of collecting interest, but for the price I paid, I figured why not.

Bishopric of Lausanne, Denier (1491-1517)

Seller's pics


https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces129301.html

 

I have a few similar coins which I call "medieval". 1519 Hungary AR denar. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces72010.html

 

Picked these up today

 

Looks like a load of silver, score.

 

Some of these (Dutch) coins were worth 10 weeks of pocket money, when I was ten. Others were a poor man’s (like - everbody in my grandfather’s time) weekly salary.