This is a trial strike from my birth year. Too bad it has been cleaned. Don't they note cleaning as a standard practice in Europe? Tihs wasn't an Ebay purchase but one from a major dealer.
1972 WAS 500 Francs Trial
This coin doesn't fit any theme I have. But Einstein is one of the few people I truly admire as a person and for what he accomplished and I do like this design.
Wow, I never would've guessed that. I'd be in for a 60.
Are the dings typical for the grade, or only for the grade of this particular coin.
I noted in the NGC collection that this series seems to be graded on a year by year basis.
Two more Alexandrian Byzantine coins, the Heraclius is from the Berk-England sale of 1989. Didn't know those two ever worked together.
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Heraclius
Also a birth year set from Nepal, made in the USA.
Nepal 1972 Set
These were actually supposed to come. Two more Aleandrian Byxnatine coins. I think in the next two weeks I'll also get some more aesthtically pleasing items
This one is the standard Heraclius 6 Nummi type
This one is usually attributed to Phocas, 12 Nummi. I may be able to get some more detail with a little microscopic cleaning...