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bill's Castulo Semis Celt-Iberian Castulo Bull. 1st Century B.C. Semis. Exceptionally well preserved. Saor Alba's Edward III Nobel ca. 1364-5 A bit of Anglish booty from south of Hadrian's wall, this Edward III nobel was minted ca. 1364-5 during the brief period of peace while a treaty betwixt the English and French were not slaughtering each other in France. This is reflected on this noble, as it bears Edward III's English and Irish titles, but not the French as were on the previous and subsequent coinages. Whilst contemporary coinages of England and Europe were rather crude and unattractive, these nobles and their fractions were inspired by the gold coinages in Italy, notably Fiorenza(Florence) and England had to best them with this attractive and inspirational piece that would further inspire Scottish coinage during the time. Saor Alba's Scotland, James VI(1567-1625) Gold Noble of 1588 This piece is an extremely rare and one year type. The coin was worth eleven merks or 146 shillings and 8 pence. Curiously the design is a throwback to earlier English nobles of the 14th century. These pieces were not popular, and were called in and quickly replaced by the sixth coinage. the legend around the periphery of the obverse of the coin is IACOBUS 6 DEI GRATIA REX SCOTORUM or James 6 by the grace of God, King of Scots. The legend on the reverse FLORENT SCEPTRA PIIS REGNA HIS IVOA DAT NUMERATQUE or "Sceptres flourish with the pious, Jehovah gives them the kingdoms and numbers them". elverno's 1799 ½ Scudo, Piedmont Republic The Piedmont Republic lasted slightly over 6 months. At the time republics were formed and gone in a drop of the hat and this is one of them. The republic managed to produce a limited amount of coinage before being swallowed into the Subalpine Republic in 1800. There is a short article in Wiki concerning this coinage. While the published mintage for this piece is 300k an expert in Italian coinage once wrote me that the silver coinage of the republic was found on the floor of the mint, swept up, melted and turned into new coinage. There had been a limited release as well as some looting and the actual mintage is probably less than 10k. ElleKitty's Central American Republic, Guatemala Mint, 1/4 Real silver minor. 1837

Congratulations to ElleKitty on the win with this super little coin. And a special thanks to all who entered and voted. The coins were great and the choices difficult.

The WINNER of Group 5 1801-1900 is: ElleKitty's Central American Republic, Guatemala Mint, 1/4 Real silver minor. 1837

Nice notes everyone.

Congratulations to Saor on a great coin and a fine selection for this category. Thanks to all who entered and voted. You're really helping to make PCI2010 a great contest.

The WINNER of Group 10 - Your Specials is: Saor Alba's Scottish Coronation Medal by Nicholas Briot, handed out by King Charles I in 1633

I got this the other day. I like the note and have absolutely nothing in my collection that is certified, note-wise that is. So now I have one. Not sure that I'll add another but I might get a few different notes from different TPGs. I like my mini-collection of coin slabs so why not.

Superb notes everyone.

Great haul.

Congratulations to ScottO on a hard fought competition. A special thanks to all those who entered coins and to our loyal forum members for taking the time to review the entries and cast their votes.

And the WINNER of Group 7 2001-Present is: ScottO's 2007 1 dinar tunisia

It appears that some reorganization on Omnicoin is reusing location code information.

Great coins. Nice pics too.

Congratulations Syl. That's a beautiful coin. This was one close competition. Congratulations to all who entered and a big "thank you" to all who voted. This was a very close competition. All the entries were beauties.

The winner of PCI2010 Group 6 1901-2000 is: Sylvester's 1930-P USA Standing Liberty Quarter

US MPC Series 692 - 20 dollars

US MPC Series 692 - 10 dollars

US MPC Series 692 - 5 dollars image from Saor Alba's collection

US MPC Series 692 - 1 dollar note from Art's collection

US MPC Series 692 - 50 cents

US MPC Series 692 - 25 cents

US MPC Series 692 - 10 cents

US MPC Series 692 - 5 cents US Series 692 5cents rev by UGotaHaveArt, on Flickr Note from Art's collection

US MPC Series 692 Issued: October 7,1970 Withdrawn: June 1,1971 -fractional denominations: March 15,1973 - dollar denominations Countries of use: Vietnam. Printed by U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing The design of the fractional notes obverse is called Guardian and was done by James Earl Frasier. The reverse is an Eagle. Designer information for the reverse is not available. The $1 note reverse is Pablo and was designed by Marcus W. Baldwin. The front of the $5 note, Eve, was designed by Edward R. Felver and the back, Elk, is thought to have been designed by Len Buckley. The front of the $10 note is Chief Hollow Horn Bear by L. Schofield and the back, Eagle, is by Charles S. Brooks. The front of the $20 note is Chief Ourey by Noyes while the back is the Roosevelt Dam and the designer is unknown. Denominations: 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, 1 dollar, 5 dollars, 10 dollars, and 20 dollars.

US MPC Series 521 - 10 dollars