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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Thanks for that jgenn, you can clearly see
the DE above the crown into the denticles
and ribbon from the hair of Carolus IIII,
in the image on the left.
Very cool overstruck toned piece. Awesome history.
Wild that the Portugese (in exile) used Spanish coins
as their "blanks".
Edited by SilverDon
08/25/2016 05:40 am
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 United States
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Very nice and thank you for sharing the historical relevance!  |
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Valued Member
United States
92 Posts |
Here is one that surprised me.  |
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United States
191802 Posts |
A nice surprise! |
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Valued Member
United States
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United States
191802 Posts |
Very nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for that jgenn, you can clearly see
the DE above the crown into the denticles
and ribbon from the hair of Carolus IIII,
in the image on the left. Not only that, but you can see the entirety of the Spanish coat of arms on the reverse. What a fantastic piece! Unfortunately, I can't make out a date on the host coin. Jwitten, that 1722 1000 r is very nice as well. |
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Valued Member
United States
291 Posts |
Some really beautiful coins on this page alone! I love the variety.
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Valued Member
United States
441 Posts |
I was recently organizing my husband's coins, and found this in a box of random coins. It had been stored in a damp basement in a torn 2x2 for probably 2 decades, maybe more, so.. go figure.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
That is quite unusual toning on a copper nickel coin, The only other copper nickel coin that I have seen this on is the Australian specimen 1970 Captain Cook coins that have been stored in the red plastic cases that they were issued in for decades.
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Valued Member
United States
441 Posts |
Yeah, I know.. my husband and I are really amazed by this one, we keep checking it out because if you look at it, it just looks normal, until you turn it under a strong light. We were thinking that this must be very rare. He tells me his dad moved in 1975, so it actually was in his dad's basement until around 2009. He is thinking we should get it slabbed, maybe?
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Valued Member
Australia
338 Posts |
Two recently graded pieces: GSA (in the holder) 1882-CC MS64 by PCGS:  1887 MS64 by PCGS (new favorite Morgan):  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice to see this thread hit 100 pages!  There are some very  worthy coins being posted recently... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2851 Posts |
A couple more toners just added.   |
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Norway
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