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These are the nicer and/or more unusual pieces I picked up today...

1. Bulgaria 2 Leva 1941 (Iron)
   
   
   
   
2. Ceylon 10 Cents 1892
   
   
   
   
3. Guernsey 2 Doubles 1858 (1-year type, only 50,000 minted)
   
   
   
   
4. Wurttemberg 3 Marks 1908F. I bought primarily for the dark toning (colors not really apparent in the pic).
   
   
   
   
5. Great Britain 1/2 Penny 1841. Not an ultrahigh grade; I just happen to like the looks of it (red paint notwithstanding)
   
   
   
   
6. Salzburg 4 Kreuzer 1708
   
   
   
   
7. Lithuania 1 Grosz 1549
   
   
   
   
8. Hannover 1 Groschen 1859B
   
   
   
   
9. Medal of unkown origin. Ultrahigh relief! Anyone read latin? It looks too sharp to have been struck in 1645, not sure when it was made. Any ideas?
   
   
   
   
10. Frankfurt 2 Gulden 1848.
    
    
    
    
11. Muhlhausen 6 Pfennig 1767. A German state that I previously did not have any coins from.
    
    
    
    
12. Holland 1/4 Guilder 1759. Wasn't cheap, but I absolutely LOVE this coin, both the design and the sharpness of the detail.
    
    
    
    

JamminJ

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<< <i>Hannover 1 Groschen 1859B



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Udo

An awesome bunch of coins, Dan.

And as always great pictures too.

rhound1977

They all look great, but I covet your Ceylon 10 Cents, very nice

Fairlaneman

Guernesey..... Very nice pictures.

Ken

Aethelred

Great haul, I really like #9!

Berg

Very nice coins. My personal favourite is #12 dunno why, but dutch coins have begun to appeal to me more and more lately. Can it be a flue!?

SYRACUSIAN

My favourite is the same as JJ's. I also like that Frankfurt coin , with the one headed eagle on the obverse and the double headed on the reverse, I've never seen this one before.

coinpictures

<< <i>My favourite is the same as JJ's. I also like that Frankfurt coin , with the one headed eagle on the obverse and the double headed on the reverse, I've never seen this one before. >>



Both the Hannover piece and the Frankfurt coin are considerably more lustrous in person than the pics indicate (the pics imply a haziness in the fields that just isn't there to the naked eye... I'm just having real problems capturing lustrous silver pieces... coppers and nonlustrous silver coins, no problem, but lustrous silver pieces not so much ).

The one thing that my pics really don't capture are the relative sizes of the various pieces (doesn't make sense to waste a whole lot of whitespace when that could be used to show greater detail of the coins; I like to keep the pics a consistent overall size).

The Hannover piece is about the size of a U.S. dime, the Netherlands 1/4 Guilder is slightly larger than a U.S. quarter, and the Frankfurt piece is Silver dollar sized maybe a tad larger.

The neat thing about the Frankfurt piece compared to other "crown-sized" pieces is that it is only about 1/2 the thickness of other crowns. It gives the coin a very delicate, refined feel to it.

I was actually quite surprised to find the Frankfurt piece. I was going through this dealer's foreign coin books; almost all of the material was standard foreign fare, most of the coins in the $3-20 range, occasionally topping out at $50 (coins 1, 5, 7, 9 above also were from the same dealer). I asked him if he had any higher-ticket items and he mentioned that he had a pillar dollar somewhere and started scrounging around in his various and sundry bags and boxes. He pulled out a short stack of coins... the pillar dollar was maybe a VF at best and was harshly cleaned, there were a few Ethiopian crowns, but again very beat up... and the Frankfurt piece.

I had toted all my Krause and Charlton catalogs with me to the show (probably 50+ pounds to lug around all day). He had the Frankfurt piece marked at $195. In my Krause it lists at $240 in UNC. So I pretty much pounced, considering that I knew it would be 20% off the $195. In the end it cost me $156. It's much nicer in person than the pictures imply... Dunno if that price is high or low for the coin in Europe, but I love it anyway.

3Mark

Mintage on the double gulden is only 8,600 and it seems to appear less often than most of the other 2 guldens. Since I collect Frankfurt coins, I think you did okay. Many of the Frankfurt coins of this era come somewhat proof like, is this one P/L? 3Mark

STLNATS

Pretty group and evidence of a very successful day! Especially like that leaping horse from Hanover......

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<< <i>Mintage on the double gulden is only 8,600 and it seems to appear less often than most of the other 2 guldens. Since I collect Frankfurt coins, I think you did okay. Many of the Frankfurt coins of this era come somewhat proof like, is this one P/L? 3Mark >>



I would say semi-pl. Certainly nowhere near the coin in my icon. The devices are quite frosty, but the fields aren't extremely mirrorlike...

3Mark

[I would say semi-pl. Certainly nowhere near the coin in my icon. The devices are quite frosty, but the fields aren't extremely mirrorlike... >>




Several of my Frankfurt coins have been slabbed as proofs. I had to return them for MS P/L. I actually do have several real proofs of Frankfurt, but more P/L's, which seem to be rather common for the period of 1838-1866.-3Mark

ColinCMR

awesome coins, thanks for sharing!

Ricke

that piece from lithuania is a beauty.

1jester

Great haul!!! I also like the one from Poland (Lithuania).

nicholasz219

Hi guys,

Here is a short article about Hugo Grotius, 1583-1645.

Linky

I know nothing about who made the medal, but my rusty Latin tells me of the reference to Belgium in the legend, so maybe start there or Holland as he was Dutch.

Nick

coinpictures

Cool! Thanks for the link; interesting read...

wildjag

Please sell #8 to me

None of the dealers within a 200 mile radius ever have any Hannover coins in good condition

1960NYGiants

I like the 2 Gulder #10. The others look too. Nice haul!

Gene