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I recently discovered how to extract my images from the PCGS web site (d'oh!), so I'm showing off these newly discovered (by me!) images of some coins I got not too long ago.

This one is a Innocent XI Papal States Testone, dated 1684, and graded MS66. Its eye appeal is out of this world, as one would expect from its grade.

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This one is a 1789 Francescone (10 Paoli) from Tuscany, Dav-1518, and graded MS64+. It is denoted "ETR" variety on the insert, but to be honest I do not really know why that is significant.

The obverse is of Leopold II, and was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa.

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It is a duplicate, of sorts, to my 1787 piece:

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I've compared these two coins at length, and cannot see what is the "ETR" significance. Anyone?

And, my final image, is of a coin I got from NEN last year that was in an NGC holder and crossed recently at first try.

1789 Tallero from Venice, Dav-1575, and grade MS64. It's a terrific coin, and the haymarks are much less visible in hand. Great luster.

The obverse is of Ludovico Manin the final Doge of Venice, elected in 1789 and forced to abdicate by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1797.

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Very nice, I particularly like the reverse of the Venice piece.
  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a selection! The top is unbelievable.
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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    EVP do you have both obverse sides on top - perhaps you stitched the same ones?
    Habsburg Talers

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  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>EVP do you have both obverse sides on top - perhaps you stitched the same ones? >>



    Oh, bummer! The image of the Testone is from PCGS. I have no other. image

    Go to the catalog and use your imagination. image

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  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Very nice, I particularly like the reverse of the Venice piece. >>



    Me too. Classical Venice motif.

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  • WorldTypeSetWorldTypeSet Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭✭
    I've compared these two coins at length, and cannot see what is the "ETR" significance. Anyone?

    I'd say it's the last letters of the Obverse Legend. Here's another that ends in ETRVR

    Some very nice coins. That Testone is unbelievable. Let's see the other side.
  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, Paul, for the variety reference.

    I wonder if anyone knows if either variety is rare?

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  • Stunning Testone, wow.
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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. Very nice coins. That Testone is outstanding!
  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow. Very nice coins. That Testone is outstanding! >>



    I can't read "Testone" as "Testone" - it is "Test One" to me image
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  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Image of my Testone by gmarguli:

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