World silver crown-size type coin collectors?

Heck, live and learn. I glad everyone is being polite and civil, as we are supposed to be on here. I have bought from that seller before and was always pleased. For years I have had big problems with ebay.com, so I normally use ebay.ca (Canada), and when I look for coins from UK, I use ebay.uk and from Nederlands I use ebay.nl. My same password and username work and I am able to do advanced search by seller, see seller's other items, etc. which will not work for me at ebay.com. Yes, I complained and asked for help several times and their lame personnel are not very helpful.

 

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I may as well post a coin. 2007 GB-Gibraltar 5 pound Supermarine Spitfire.

 

Some from the Isle of Man on the subject of "Man in Flight". All Silver proofs:

 

wag, CONGRATS what a beautiful example of the celator's art. I can see why you collect world crowns...
& Hookman thanks for the info on the machine gun. When I was looking through
the seller's (we shan't mention) pages that postcard stopped me cold & I don't collect postcards.
Thanks for all the kind posts,
J.T.

 

Thanks. That seller has many photos and postcards from the war eras. I find them very interesting.

 

Germany HESSE-CASSEL Moritz the Learned Taler 1626

This coin is apparently a silver strike of a gold 10 Ducats that was finally never struck - even @panzerman does not have it. The reverse legend includes MON:NO:_AURE:IM (new Imperial gold coin).

 

I've wanted a crown of Edward VII for some time, patience paid off as Civitas listed one at a very reasonable price so I jumped on it.

$70 total...I think it was a great deal.

 

I'd say you got a really good deal on that crown! Here is mine, only slightly better condition, and I paid more than twice as much.

 

Would have been so much fun, being a collector back then. All the coinage where works of art. Today these mints produce KITCH

 

France CHATEAU-RENAUD François de Bourbon-Conti & Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine Ecu de 30 sous 1614

 

That is beautifull, talerman!

 

1765 thaler, Ellwangen

 

Gorgeous coin Paul

German States struck vast numbers of Gold/ Silver coinage.

 

Thank you @panzerman!It's my first of the year and one of the best deals ever to be honest!

 

New addition this week; I'm very excited - have been eyeing one of these for many years.
1664 Brunswick-Lüneburg 2 taler
Dav LS189; KM 252.5; 63 mm

 

Beautiful taler @wcg. Can you explain the obverse design?

 

Nonsense. K is for King Arthur, not Kitch.

 

Thanks @longshot! The obverse depicts two popular symbols associated with the Duchy of Brunswick: horses and mining. The symbolism of the horse dates back to the 8th century. According to heraldic tradition, a black horse was first used as the shield emblem of Widukind, the last king of the pagan Saxons. After his conversion to Christianity, the horse was painted white. The white horse, known in German as the Sachenross ("Saxon charger") became an emblem of Saxony. You will see it in many Brunswick issues.

Perhaps more fascinating to me is the mining scene. In the sixteenth century, Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568-1589) had strongly encouraged silver shaft-mining in the region as did his successors, who reaped the reward of a steady flow of silver to enrich the duchy. The auction house suggests that the 2T was probably struck from silver obtained from the Upper Harz as some 40-50% of all German silver produced between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries is estimated to have come from this region.

 

It's almost a shame to move away from those lovely thalers, but this chap's handsome too eh?

 

A face only a mother could love....

Great reverse design.