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I’m not sure why, but “S” was the abbreviation for “escudos” on these coins.

 

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Or is it possible they were saying “4 S-scudos?”

 

Numista doesn't say why, and google translate just says 'escudo' is the same in Spanish and English. Languages do morph over the centuries. 2000 years ago Latin was spoken in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania.

 

It may relate to linguistics. I know when I was with the Gurkhas they found an initial "S" in a word uncomfortable and generally pronounced it "ess". So "Sample" became "essample".

 

A small group of upgrades arrived over the weekend:

 

I haven't received any new coins for many weeks. Probably has to do with the covid surge. There are still 20 or 30 stuck in the pipeline somewhere, most from India, some from US.

 

Here's another recent acquisition for one of my type albums courtesy of @lordmarcovan.

 

Copper lover, can you supply better pix? Those are basically useless, can not see any details at all.

 

I will try to do just that either tomorrow or on the weekend

 

1801 Teutonic Order - 10 Kreuzer - Struck to commemorate the death of Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, the Elector of Cologne and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.

 

That’s a cool coin

 

Yes, very cool coin or medal. I think I have something from that Teutonic Order here somewhere...can't find it at the moment.

 

A couple of silver pennies I acquired recently

 

This one just arrived and is for my coins with wildlife collection. 1997 Papua New Guinea 5 kina.

 

Italy 10 centesimi 1866 Milan mint

 

Posted this yesterday, different sub-forum. Got it in Gibralter yesterday. Replaces one I had that was blast white with a couple of scratches. Love the toning on this 1000 Yen Olympics commemorative. Reverse cropping was a bit off

 

Despite the relatively few bulk foreign boxes at the most recent coin show I attended, I did find this for 20 cents.

 

Received this one today
1929 E Weimar Republic 3 Reichsmark
Meissen 1000th Anniversary Commemorative

 

A bit of an unusual buy for me - the Austrias are proofs and the Hungary was a set-only coin.