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Some eye candy from deep in my bank safe box

Always a challenge to properly photograph various designs, metals and sizes of coins image

565-578 Byzantine Gold Solidus of Justin II. NGC Ch. AU, clipped
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1817 GB Sovereign NGC MS64, pop 8/0 at NGC
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1696 England Sixpence. NGC MS65. With a very neat die clash behind the king's head.
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1853 GB Florin NGC MS63
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1858 GB Florin PCGS MS63
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    DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Eye candy indeed!image
    Becky
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    bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wonderful, love the gothic florin.
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    trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    Sweet 1817 Sovereign!
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
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    Jackthecat1Jackthecat1 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭
    They are all beautiful but the Gothic florins are incredible.
    Member ANS, ANA, GSNA, TNC



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    pruebaspruebas Posts: 5,298 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coins! Eye candy indeed.
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    harashaharasha Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The solidus is a wonderful example; clearly struck and great detail.
    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

    DPOTD
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    brg5658brg5658 Posts: 2,408 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All absolutely superb coins!



    The 1817 Sovereign is fantastic, and the 1853 Florin looks to have great prooflike surfaces! image



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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice. Great stuff.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They're all nice, but boy, I love that George III sovereign.



    That first Gothic florin is a sight for sore eyes, too.



    The William III sixpence makes me miss the one I had:



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    ZoharZohar Posts: 6,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful coins!
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    worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh my...very nice quality and eye appeal. Love the 1817 design on that sovereign. I can see why you might look forward to visits to the bank sdb.
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    PokermandudePokermandude Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭
    Thanks, everyone!

    The 1853 Florin does indeed have a nice PL reverse.
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    PatARPatAR Posts: 347 ✭✭✭
    All very nice coins! I have a soft spot for gothic florins and that 1853 is lovely.
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! Great coins!
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    OrfewOrfew Posts: 42 ✭✭
    Those are superb!
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    The things I would do to get my hands on a George III sovereign like that...
    "A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money." - W. C. Fields
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    StorkStork Posts: 5,208 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lovely! All of them.

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