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1914 Lire

This awesome coin arrived today from Clankeye!

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Bill

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09/07/2006

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    COOL!
    Corrupting youth since 2004
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    ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928
    Wow, Bill--that looks great!

    I was going to ask you to image it after you got it, because I wanted to see the difference between what you do with your set up, and me with my humble little desk lamp and hand held camera.

    You captured the blue that's on it that my camera never gets. That's a good looking image.

    I am very glad to know that it arrived safely. And as hard as it was to let that coin go--I know it is with someone who truly appreciates it.

    Clankeye
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
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    Wow, sharp looking coin and pictures.
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    laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Very nice... nicer than mine but Clankeye would only supply a nice coin.image
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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    trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    I like that quadriga reverse. image
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
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    Thanks again for thinking of me Carl.

    Me and Carl went head to head on this awhile back on eBay and he outsniped. He told me if he ever decided to sell he would ask me first.image

    I used the take the picture through glass at an angle technique for the image.
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
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    SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,448 ✭✭✭✭
    Some Darksiders might not remember that this coin has a name, chosen by his previous owner.


    Clankeye,

    I can't believe you let Harold go.




    Bill, image



    edited to add it:obsessions
    Dimitri



    myEbay



    DPOTD 3
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    Superb coin! I can't imagine letting that one get away after having had it!
    Brad Swain

    World Coin & PM Collector
    My Coin Info Pages <> My All Experts Profile
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    Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Nice coin Bill!
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
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    ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928


    << <i>I can't imagine letting that one get away after having had it! >>



    It was kind of hard to let that one go, but basically it falls outside of my core collection. I enjoyed it very much for the time I owned it, and the beauty is now I can pass it on to someone I know and like.

    Clankeye
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
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    For which I thank you very much and everytime I look at this coin it will remind me of you.image


    P.S. More than likely this coin will be recieving a slabectomy. The NGC MS64 slab will be replaced by an airtite. Plus this way I can get an even better image of it.image
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
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    Image after deslabbingimage

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    Bill

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    09/07/2006
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    laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Much sharper-nice photo! I haven't tried your technique yet but I'll have to soon.
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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    AskariAskari Posts: 3,713
    Incroyable!!I, too, am surprised you let Harold go!! Sacre bleu!image
    Askari



    Come on over ... to The Dark Side! image
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    ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928


    << <i>Incroyable!!I, too, am surprised you let Harold go!! Sacre bleu! >>



    Hey, since Cosmic stuck in his sig line, I see it more now than when I owned it!

    Clankeye
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
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    oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240
    what a beauty - and you are keeping it in the family!!image
    Shep
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    cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,333
    This coin just amazes me too. I am really fortunate to be it's caretaker for awhileimage
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    great looking coin... Italian coins from this time are very impressive. Congrats

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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