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jimhopkins1919jimhopkins1919 Posts: 101 ✭✭✭
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This is my newest purchase. It is a Papal States (1709) Piastra, DAV-1441. I won it from Heritage. This is my first Piastra and I’m starting to really get interested in Papal States coinage.

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,740 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool - congrats on your newp!


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  • jimhopkins1919jimhopkins1919 Posts: 101 ✭✭✭

    I purchased that medal recently as well from Heritage. While Heritage’s fees are getting high for me after they started to include state sales tax and other fees, they have wonderful items in their auctions.

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,655 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They both look terrific!

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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭

    lovely newps, I actually was watching that piastra!!!

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  • giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't you just love it when you suddenly find a new coin series that speaks your name, and you start studying it, looking at coins, and trying to learn as much about it/them as you can?

    Great coins too, BTW.

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  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭

    Both great additions. I was also watching the piastra.

  • jimhopkins1919jimhopkins1919 Posts: 101 ✭✭✭

    Thanks ya’ll. This forum has been a very informative and positive aspect of the hobby I joined a couple of years ago.

  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was watching the Hamburg medal.

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  • Bob13Bob13 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like some nice colors in that piastra!

    The papal coins have some great designs. They really intrigue me but also seem a bit daunting.

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  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 24, 2019 2:00PM

    Nice Papal States Piastra! Nice Hamburg medal!

    I do not collect medals (yet?!?), but do collect Papal States coins and can say that that series has a lot of interesting designs.

    @jimhopkins1919 - have you gotten the Muntoni reference books (a 4-vol set) yet? Or the new MIR books on Papal States (I think this is a 2-vol set)? Highly recommend, but it's important that you can navigate basic numismatic Italian. Or, learn how to use Google Translate app on your smart phone (it has a camera feature so you can use it on a photo).

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  • jimhopkins1919jimhopkins1919 Posts: 101 ✭✭✭

    Hey, thanks for the book recommendations. I just downloaded the google translate app, I wasn’t aware there was a camera option. It looks like it’ll be very helpful.

  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 24, 2019 2:20PM

    I just ordered this from Charles Davis. And, I just inquired with the Italian numismatic community, specifically Signore Varesi, how many volumes there will be to reach the end of the pre-unification period of Italy.

    I already have Volume 1: beginning to Leone X (1521).

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  • jimhopkins1919jimhopkins1919 Posts: 101 ✭✭✭

    The backstory to the St. Michael’s Church in Hamburg is pretty fascinating, that church has gone thru a lot!

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