elverno Posted June 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 1808 10 Soldi, Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. Milan mint, mintage 174,948. Hard to believe, but an upgrade. I'm still looking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 1791 12 Heller, Aachen. That dead duck(???) looks ready to be plucked! (Nice acqusitions. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Yeah, it has to be just about the ugliest eagle ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 1808 20 Kreuzer, Austria. From the Vienna mint. 1927 5 cents, United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 That dead duck(???) looks ready to be plucked! (Nice acqusitions. ) Ever seen the colonial Massachusets 1/2 and 1 cent coppers? The eagle looks pretty similar to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 1818 1/12 Thaler, Saxony. Not a year I normally collect but it came in a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 I like it! I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 Thanks, I like it too but I'm probably going to find it a new home. You want it Tiff? Also in today: 1806 1/48 Thaler, Saxony. This was one I was actually bidding on believe it or not... as well as this one: 1810 1/6 Thaler, Saxony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 1818 1/12 Thaler, Saxony. Not a year I normally collect but it came in a lot. Wow... That is one of the best 1/12 Thaler from Saxony I ever have seen. It is a very nice coin . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Oh... Doublepost... can somebody delete this post? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Thanks Marvin. I was very surprised to see how nice that 1818 was. It was just buried in a lot that I was after to fill some holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 1809 1/6 Thaler, Westphalia. Another duplicate frankly from a lot and not an upgrade. The neon green doesn't appear to be PVC damage under a loupe but I've been wrong before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 1815 2 Grote, Oldenburg 12mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Little question... The name of this thread is "Elverno - cheap but fun" ... Are those coins really "cheap" ... In my opinion 1$ - 5$ is cheap... my pocketmoney is 15 Euro.. For example... what does one of these coins cost? Maybe I should collect them too, if they are so cheap That's a great collecting area... enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 For me cheap is less than $20. Most of the coins I collect fall into that category because I'm more than happy to give a well circulated coin a new home. The medals need to be less than $150 for me to think they're cheap. It used to be that $150 would buy me 8-10 medals and the dealer would toss another in just so he didn't have to take it home. I think that for a while there couldn't have been more than a couple dozen serious Napoleonic medal collectors anywhere. Ah the good old days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 1790 1 Pfennig, Frankfurt. 21mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 1800 1/12 Thaler, Brunswick-Luneburg. 21mm Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 1789 King George III Recovers his Health, Great Britain BHM 307 D&H Midx. 1130 21mm Link Technically a farthing but actually a medal. D&H said scarce, BHM says rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 1833 Statue sur la colonne de la place Vendôme rétablie, France Bramsen 1907 23mm Link Louis Phillipe was forced by the events that threatened his throne to attempt to appease the Bonapartist party in France. One way was to re-establish Napoleon's statue on a column in the place Vendôme in Paris. It had been pulled down after Napoleon's fall by the Bourbon government, or at least with its tacit approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Nice stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 1794 Death of Elisabeth-Philippe Marie-Hélène, France Hennin 621 Milan 108 31mm Link Struck in the German States, engraved by Loos. She was a sister of Louis XVI sent to the block about 15 months after her brother. Despite how she looks she was only a couple weeks away from her 30th birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Thats a real catchy design. One question, chaining a dove to a rock I'm assuming for traning the falcon? And she was a falconer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Thats a real catchy design. One question, chaining a dove to a rock I'm assuming for traning the falcon? And she was a falconer? Uh, I believe that image is allegorical and refers to her execution (the rock has the date of her execution on it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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