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Ah, that's a IOVI CONSERVATORI reverse. That would be Sear 8614 in the fifth edition. As for "why change the numbers with each edition", yes it did cause some annoyance each time - and has … (View Post)

I'm very much a "coin generalist" - ancient, medaieval, modern, world, I'll take one of everything, thanks. And "Roman" is very much a large part of what's out there in terms of s… (View Post)

It was the only gold coin issued by a Canadian colony - assuming we're not including the British Columbia patterns. Other colonies in the British Empire issued gold coins in the 1800s, most notably A… (View Post)

Goloid was quite different from natural ancient electrum; electrum is mostly gold, with a bit of silver, usually around the 80:20 ratio. Electrum coins are typically around a 50:50 mixture; numismati… (View Post)

You can replace every instance of the word "colonial" in the OP's post with "mediaeval", and the post is still 100% true. There are times, in the history of numismatics, where the… (View Post)