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Won this today at Stacks.....
Canada 1881-H specimen cent in SP-65RB. Despite the H mint mark, this coin is a Royal Mint trial piece. The RM used this same obverse die in 1879, 1880, and 1886 on other specimen cents they struck w…15 -
Re: What is your favorite coin/medal era art style?
Wyon took some artistic liberties with the Canada cent design. First, Victoria was 39 years old in 1858, and not as youthful as Wyon's flattering portrait. Second, per his journal, he went to Ke…1 -
Re: What is your favorite coin/medal era art style?
Leonard Wyon's simple, yet beautiful design for the first Canadian cent, here struck in copper-nickel before the fragile reverse punch began suffering damage. SP-66, pop 1/0. Photo by PCGS. The …3 -
Re: Are high prices going to kill the hobby?
I will only speak for my specialty - Canadian large cents. The very best examples keep setting records and continue in very high demand. Second or third best rare coins do okay. Nice coins in lower g…2 -
Re: Side Collection?
World War II countries that no longer exist in their WWII form (think Bohemia and Moravia, Slovakia, and others), occupation coinages, and government in exile coinages. I shy away from the nazi coina…3
