Italian Grosso c.1300

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Aethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭

April 23, 2005 4:18AM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

I thought this was neat:

Italy, Venice, AR Grosso c. 1300

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1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭

April 23, 2005 5:25AM

Cool coin, dude! I like how you can see the striations of the planchet on the reverse. It's always interesting to me to see the differences in production technology in older coins.

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AuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭

April 23, 2005 7:14AM

That's a nice one
I love old hammered silver, and that design is among my favorites.

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