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Nice, K mint mark - Bordeaux

 

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I couldn’t pass up something this old and crusty...

 

Awesome!

 

Just got a new load from my old supplier. He has always had quality items.

1. 1903-05 10 cash
2. 1903-05 5 cash
3. 1906 Chihli 20 Cash
4. 1920 20 Cash
5. 1914-15 20 Cents beautiful strike and die crack.
6. 1906 Yunnan-Sichuan 20 Cash. Very scarce

 

This guy must have gotten lost in the mail for awhile, it took a couple months to arrive. That’s ok, whattaya want for a buck?

 

My first coin from the Dominican Republic - 1 peso 1955, KM#23

 

And my first coin from Algeria 1240(1825) Budju

 

DR has some nice coinage. Check out the 90% silver Indian Princess series, especially 25 centavos, 1/2 peso and peso. Lovely coins.

 

A recent purchase. A relatively common coin I would think based on the mintage. It has many differences to every image I can find of the coin. Maybe a contemporary forgery? The copper is very red. China -10 cash, 1911, Y#27.

 

A Sinkiang cast 10 Cash, 1912. Aksu mint.

 

I have been in the market for a Tiberius II Follis for a few years now. Most of the time what kept me away from getting one was the price or something shinier flashing my way so the money went elsewhere.

Recently our Ex. poster Ken Dorney posted some new coins at his shop and this was one of them. It was priced well & with a coupon I had, it was priced even better.

It does have a couple copper spots showing but I only cared about a full face & this had it.

So I am finally happy to knock this emperor off my Byzantine list. So many more to go....


Tiberius II Constantine, (578 - 582 A.D.)
Æ Follis
O: D M TIB CONSTANT P P, Crowned bust of Tiberius facing wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle tipped scepter.
R: Large M, ANNO on left, cross above, GI on right, NIKOB in exergue.
13.43g
30mm
Nicomedia Mint
DOC 30b, Sear 441

 

Got this beauty in last week. German States, Saxony-Albertine, 2 Neu-Groschen. KM# 1220

 

This one has red flags for me as the portrait seems odd/off. the Characters seem off as well. That residue I often see among the counterfeit cast coins.

 

Yes, the portrait is more than a little off, it is completely different. The face, eyes, scales, claws, etc. are all different. The characters and rosettes on the reverse are clearly different with smaller characters. In hand the coin shows no signs of casting. What you are seeing as patina appears to me as patina.the color of the copper is something I see with some of my Sinkiang cash. Other images with different lighting.

 

With that said many warlords made contemporary counterfeits as you mentioned.

 

Just got this beauty in the mail today. Portugal, 1914, 50 centavos, KM# 561

 

Imperial Japan, Meiji Year 7 (1874) 2 Sen

 

this was the largest silver I could find for this country from the last 200 years. is there anything larger?

 

I don't think so....I had a riyal from hejaz and nedj once that was that size, but I am not an expert. Does Saudi Arabia issue commemorative coins?

 

Sellers pics, I love the die cracks, and that’s why I grabbed this teeny-tiny guy.