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 and that's an interesting group of coins!  |
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My first piece of eight! Judging by the size it's not quite eight. But I don't know much about cobs, so maybe someone will correct me. Nice lot so far, minus the holing "improvements". |
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I know even less about cobs. Piece of sixteen, perhaps?  Here come some more. The two 5-kopec pieces are the same except for date and initials. The two silvers are just about the last of the really small ones before the dime-size group begins. Napoleon looks as if he has a sulfide sunburn.   size = ~33 mm  size = ~33 mm   size = 16 mm   size = 16.5 mm |
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Good looking coins!
The "initials" on Russian coins would be the mint marks. "S.P.B." (in Cyrillic) stands for St.Petersburg, "E.M." (in this case Latin and Cyrillic overlap) stands for Ekaterinburg [Coin Yard] (which would be the Russian term for Mint).
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Speaking of mints, the French coin was minted in Paris (A), and the Philippine one in Denver.
(please let me know if I'm stating the obvious)
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Okay, I am going to speed this up a bit because I don't want to bore everyone with these minors.. but I do want to show the entire contents of the box. I can only imagine that there are the European equivalent of American Whitman folders for this stuff. I know British large pennies are ultra-common, but this was the only one in the lot. Also, I suspect only the early Swiss 5c. in this group is silver. Question: Is there a way to remove the dark oxide encrustations without damaging the whole coin?   size = 31 mm.   size: Swiss = 17 mm; France = 17.5 mm. This next batch will show all the approximately-dime-size silver, and the large French coppers, from oldest to newest. My original statement about there being no duplication in the box was wrong, as you can clearly see.. unless mintmarks count! If anyone wants individual shots of any of these, just ask.   size = ~18 mm.   size = 30 mm. The shiny one is a cat-hair larger.  |
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thank you for sharing these pics. I love these stories and I love seeing the 'spoils'. I've only dreamed of ever getting a box like this but you never know, maybe I will someday. In the meantime, I'll just drool  over yours! |
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I can't speak for the rest of us (although I might be for some of them) but, you're not boring me at all! I'm with weavus! |
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mysilveryears, your GB penny is a good illustration to a phenomenon called "ghosting".
In the first years of KG5 penny production the relief on the obverse die was so high that it took a lot of metal to fill it in, and it drew some metal from the corresponding area on the reverse causing a "ghost" image.
You can see a faint outline of the king's head behind Britannia
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@ weavus & Scooby Doo: Try not to get too much onya, we are just starting to get to the good stuff  @ svslav: I've noticed that effect. MORE SILVER! This is the dime to nickel-size stuff, up to ~22 mm.   Sixpence of the British Empire   German States 1809; 1814; 1865   Poor Leopold; he can't read that odd writing either!   Two from the New World, two from the old. |
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I can help both Leos, the obverse and the reverse ones, as both seem to look at the coins in bewilderment.  The left one is from Netherlands East Indies (presently Indonesia), a quarter gulden, minted in Utrecht, 72% silver. The middle one is Ottoman Egypt, 2 qirsh of Abdul Hamid II, ascension year AH 1293, reignal year 33, so the coin is from AD 1907. |
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A gram of recognition is worth an ounce of silver. I love it when you folks share your wealth of precise knowledge. Now where did I hide my memory pills.. SOME CURIOUS COPPERS.   sizes = 30 mm & 29 mm.   Here's lookin' atcha! Or what is left of ya .. sizes = 28 mm; 28.5 mm; 29 mm. |
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Another Ottoman Egypt, Sultan Abdul Aziz now, ascension year AH 1277, reignal year 9 (so AD 1869 it is). Denomination 10 para.
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The bottom middle is a halfpenny of William III (1694 - 1701), I believe 1699.
I can see a part of GVLIELMVS TERTIVS on the obverse, and the third type Britannia reverse. This reverse was issued only the last three years, 1699 through 1701, if I'm not mistaken I kinda see a 9 in the exergue under Britannia.
The left coin looks like William as well but I don't know what's going on the reverse!
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If that one is indeed ca. 1699, it is likely the oldest one in the box. However I would question the halfpenny designation, because there is a very similar coin in this next size group that matches later halfpenny size. I am unable to discern a readable date on either of these Britannias, even close up under magnification. This next size tier is the largest in the lot, consisting of sixteen coppers from eight countries. All are in the ~25-26 mm range.   Good luck reading anything on that one on the left.   Even when the dates are the same, the mintmarks differ.     Too bad about the dent. |
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