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  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    Top right is British West Indies 'anchor coinage, 1/16 Dollar, 1822, KM-1.
    The second on left is a Costa Rica 1 Real, 1847, KM-65.
    The Thaler at the bottom is Prussia, KM-306.2.
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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...and for the ones tbirde missed... image

    Top left: it's a "model crown", a British privately-issued unofficial pattern, issued by Joseph Moore in the mid 1800's. I believe it's dated 1848, and originally the central part would have been gilt-covered. Moore's theory was to reduce the size and awkwardness of the traditional British Crown by shrinking it and making it bimetallic, with a small core of gold, to keep the intrinsic value up. If his ideas for the crown and penny had been adopted, we'd have had true bimetallic coins 150 years ago. Listed in Krause's "Unusual" catalogue as Great Britain KMX#23.

    Mid-right: the little hammered piece is from Venice: you've got the winged lion, with +S.MARCVS.VENETI around. On the obverse is the name of the Doge, but trying to read it and then pick the Latinized name from the very long list of Doges is never easy. Finally found it: +FRA DANDVLO DVX, Francesco Dandolo (1329-1339). Here's one that looks much same, on CoinArchives, called a "soldino".
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now that they've ID-ed them for you, let me know if you wanna sell or swap something unholed for that holey. image

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  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Top right is British West Indies 'anchor coinage, 1/16 Dollar, 1822, KM-1.
    The second on left is a Costa Rica 1 Real, 1847, KM-65.
    The Thaler at the bottom is Prussia, KM-306.2. >>



    that's odd. I dont see a pic in my catalog for KM-306.2.

    there's an image for #307....
    there doesn't seem to be an exact design for these thalers...

    I dont see anything pictured with that much space between the crown on the obv and the script above it.
    and the 2 drums... each version of the thaler around this time seem to flip which one is "in front" (some designs have the left drum in front of the right and vice versa)

    Im not doubting your diagnostics, Im just curious about your reference??

    it might be the scan (probably) but that has an odd look to me...
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