World Crowns Gems & Rarities (Crowns); Post Your Gem Crowns Here

Jgenn
I have no camera. All the images I have are from a flat plate scanner. As such I cannot control the light from the scanner reflecting off the coin and flat plate the coin sits on.
Regarding the 1733, all of Stefan's coins have that "bright" look because they were meticulously conserved by slow electrolysis which took off all the corrosion and left the bright look to the coins. I have seen one of his coins sold by a major auction house that had been obviously re-toned since the auction house did not like that look. I know because the coin used to belong to me and every salvaged coin has a unique look. (It was one of a few coins I have ever sold and the buyer swore he needed it for his collection and he would never sell it and I should give him a great price. Right, I will be more skeptical in the future)
I would like to acquire a nice digital camera and learn to photograph my coins both for record keeping and sharing. (I will add that to the 5000 other "to do" items already on the list)

Here's a couple of Chinese crown-sized silver issues -

1914 Shi Kai ¥1





1934 Sun Yat-sen ¥1





I suspect that this latter coin, while dated 1934, may well be from the U.S. Mint's 1949 restrike of the design.

I have enjoyed seeing the variety on this thread. Truly some great crowns displayed here!

Here is another recent arrival from Italy.

1851 Switzerland 5 Francs

Mine aren't nearly as beautiful as most of the ones already posted, but these are some of the ones in my collection.

1840/30 8 Reals



1866 Maximilian Peso




1971 Thailand 50 Baht




1910 Mexico 1 Peso




And 1899 British Trade dollar

Shaw69
Nice coins, thank you for sharing. I like the over date based on decade change

A nice arrival it is.