ChrisB

I picked this one up because of the holder. It's kind of cool.

Another new addition. I'm as happy with the accompanying Chapman envelope as I am with the coin itself. Italian States, Venice, 1848 V, 5 Lire, AU/UNC, Revolutionary Republic. Venice mint. Dav-207. One-year type. Lion of St. Mark. Dio Benedite L'Italia on edge. Lightly cleaned. Pretty toning. Old S.H. Chapman envelope.Obverse: Facing winged Lion with halo holding book.Script: LatinLettering: REPUBBLICA VENETA* 22 MARZO 1848 *Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meusEngraver: Antonio FabrisReverse: Value within two branches, one of oak and the other of laurel. Mintmark below.Script: LatinLettering: UNIONE ITALIANA5LIREVEngraver: Antonio FabrisEdge: Smooth with inscriptionLettering: DIO BENEDITE L'ITALIAComposition: Silver (.900)Weight: 25 gDiameter: 37.5 mm

Saxony (Duchy) Henry the Lion. 1139 / 42-1195. AR Bracteate Diameter: 30mm Weight: 0.80 g Braunshweig mint Obverse: Lion passant left, head facing; annulet above Reverse: Incuse of obverse Kestner 612-8; Bonhoff 272

GERMANY, Regensburg (royal mint city). Heinrich I. As Duke of Bayern, 995-1004. AR Pfennig Diameter: 20mm Weight: 1.30 g Encio, moneyer. Struck 995-1002. Obverse: Short cross pattée; pellets in first and fourth quarters, annulet in second, chevron in third Reverse: Temple façade; ENC retrograde at center. Hahn 25c.6; Dannenberg 1071.

I forgot I had these. 2022 issues in various sizes. The silver were minted in 1-10 oz.

I don't have anything to share buy that is a very nice coin Donna. 😲

These are some new additions that are coming my way. Picked up from a recent auction that was heavy in Italian States Coinage. As frequently happens (to me), the coin I had my hopes up the highest for got away. It sold at a reasonable price but it still came down to a money issue. It came up after these and I had blown my budget. Italian States. Naples (Kingdom) Charles III of Spain (1734-1759) 120 Grana 1734. AG.900; 42.0mm; 24.66g. A: CAR D:G:REX NEA· HISP:INFANS. &c:, Crowned shield. R: DE SOCIO PRINCEPS ·, Volcano god reclining at left, holding upright shovel, Mt. Vesuvius in right background, De:1734·G: in exergue. KM147. Italian States. Naples (Kingdom) Ferdinand IV (1799-1806 2nd reign) 120 Grana 1805. AG.833; 38.5mm; 27.45g. Engraver: Domenico Perger. A: FERDINANVS IV. D.G. REX 1805, bust right. R: VTR·SIC·HIER·HISP·INF G.120, Crowned arms, LD across field. KM247. Italian States. Naples (Kingdom) Ferdinand IV (1759-1799) 120 Grana 1790. AG.833; 41.5mm; 27.09g. A: FERDINAN.IV.D.G.SICILIAR·ET·HIE·REX, bust right. R: HISPANIAR INFANS 1790, AP across field, Crowned arms. KM198. Naples (Parthenopean Republic Jan-Jun 1799) 1 Piastra 1799. AG.833; 39.7mm; 27.37g. A: REPUBBLICA NAPOLITANA, Liberty standing right holding liberty cap on pole and fasces. R: ANNO SETTIMO DELLA LIBERTA, CAR | LINI | DODI | CI in laurel wreath. KM232; MIR 413. Italian States. Naples (Kingdom) Charles II of Spain (1665-1700) 1 Ducato 1684. Plata; 41.5mm; 27.62g. A: CAROLVS·II·D·G·HISPANIAR·ET·NEAP·REX., Draped and armored bust to right. R: VNVS·NON·SVFFICIT·, Crowned scepter between 2 globes of eastern and western hemispheres, mintmark to left and date to right of bottom of scepter, ribbon band above . KM110.

I just purchased this as an upgrade to the one I have. This one is on it's way to me. It is in a details PCGS holder for a "scrape". I can't find it in the pictures. For the price I paid I'm not going to complain. Maybe it will be more obvious in hand.

Very nice. These are right in my area of interest. The cleaning wouldn't bother me in the least.

Looks like a dragons head to me...or is my imagination playing with me?

Not coronation medals but here are a few of my George IV pieces.

Fortunately, I was able to find this one at a fixed price from a dealer.

I have been looking at these for a while as well. If it hadn't been a Wildman I probably still wouldn't have one. Surprisingly, to me, was that it was on the low end of the price range these fall in. I just happened to have the funds available at the right time. My timing isn't usually that good.

Here's a better view of the counter mark. Looks a lot like the later wire money.

I recently made a purchase that required me to do a bit of research. I like it when that happens. As many of you know, I have a thing for Wildman thalers. At this point I have a relatively significant collection of them, and it has become difficult to find new pieces to add to my collection. Technically, the coin I purchased would be considered a Russian coin. The countermarked coins described below are scarce on their own. I had come across them on several occasions, but I never got the “buy me now” vibe from any of them. That is, until I found one counter stamped on a Wildman thaler. Adapted from “La Reforma Monetaria de Alexei Mikhailovich” by Federico de Ansó Michael Feodorovich (1613-1645) was the initiator of the last Romanov dynasty that would reign in the Russian Empire until the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 brought a tragic end to the imperial family through the execution of Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra and their children in Yekaterinburg on 07/16/1918. From a very young age, Alexios had the training and influence of the boyar Boris Morózov, a shrewd politician who was his mentor. During his reign (1645 - 1676) it was up to this monarch to carry out several important reforms, legislative, monetary and a no less controversial religious one. In the legislative and social sphere, he promoted the reform that the National Assembly adopted a new legal body in 1649 and that would last two centuries, whose main characteristic was the establishment of the definitive servitude of the Russian peasantry. Regarding monetary matters, let us remember that since the second half of the 14th century in the Duchy of Moscow, a small silver coin called denga was minted, coming from silver rails stamped with the seal of the reigning prince. In English they are known as wire money or wire money. The metal was obtained from the foundry of European talers of various origins, from which the Treasury obtained a yield of 20 to 30%. Originally, the denga was legally equivalent to 1/200 of a 204-gram silver bar, that is, half a Russian ruble. Therefore, its legal weight was 1.02 grams of silver. But like so many other currencies, it suffered successive devaluations and revaluations. Thus, around 1430 its weight was 0.78 grams, and in 1434 it reached 0.94 grams to fall in 1455 to just 0.425 grams. In 1500 it went to a weight of 0.39 grams and in 1534 it reached 0.34 grams since the size was then 600 pieces per bar. In 1535 an important revaluation took place, bringing the denga to double its previous weight, that is, to 0.68 grams and a size of 300 per bar. Likewise, the image of a warrior mounted with a spear was stamped on its obverse, so this new coin was renamed kopeck and its half continued to be called denga. Being the ruble equivalent to 200 dengas and this, at half a kopeck, the ruble was then valued at 100 kopecks. Resulting in the ruble then, as Mitchell points out, the first monetary unit divided into one hundred parts. Michael's successor was his son Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov (1629 -1676). A first attempt consisted of minting coins of high nominal value, but Russia did not have, at that time, the necessary technology for this. Therefore, they began by countermarking various European talers. The first decision was made in 1654 to put into circulation the old silver kopecks and additionally to circulate devalued rubles through the countermark of thalers introduced by foreign merchants from the Baltic trade at the end of the Hanseatic League. After obliterating their original designs, the so-called "Yefimki" were stamped on all types of European currency such as rijksdalder, philipsdalder, speciedaler, patagones, lionsdaler, etc. Usually, two and even three countermarks were stamped on those crown-sized European species. One of the stamps showed the image of the tsar on horseback with a spear, which personifies Saint George spearing the dragon. The other sign corresponds to the year of issue. 1655 is by far the most common date. You can find these counter stamps on a wide variety of European coinage. Almost always it is found on crown sized coins. Frequently the counter stamping process would result in cracked or otherwise damaged coins. This is not the most visually appealing coin but most of them aren't. I'm quite happy with this purchase. Please feel free to post anything related especially if you have any of these to share.

Very nice. I have a thing for these as well but have been concentrating on other areas.

Some Papal States Coinage 1797 2.5 Baiocchi 1798 1/2 Baiocchi 1675 Piastra - it's a shame that it was plugged but wouldn't have been affordable to me otherwise.

Just added this relatively scarce minor. Obverse: City arms. Mintmaster's mark at end of legend. Script: Latin Lettering: MO · NO · CIV · Q · HAMEL · Unabridged legend: MONETA NOVA CIVITATIS QVERN HAMELENSIS Reverse: Imperial orb with denomination seperating the date. Script: Latin Lettering: MAT · I · RO · IM · S · A ❀ Unabridged legend: MATTHIAS I ROMANORUM IMPERATOR SEMPER AUGUSTUS Edge: Smooth Mint: Hameln, Germany Mintmaster in Hameln - Christof Feustel (1615-1618) Composition: Silver Weight: 1.23 g Diameter: 18.5 mm

2 recent editions to my small collection of gold.

Here is my favorite Italian States piece in my collection. It's very nice in hand. Florence. Ferdinand II de Medici Teston 1636 AU58 NGC, KM-Unl., CNI-XII-91. A scarce Teston type depicting St. John the Baptist to the reverse, bordering on Mint State And this piece that I don't know why I purchased because I hate snakes. It's a terrifying image to me. ITALY, Milano (duchy). Gian Galeazzo Visconti. 1395-1402. AR Pegione – Grosso da 1.5 soldi Diameter: 24mm Weight: 2.41 g New coinage. Milano mint. Struck 1395-1398. Obverse: Visconti arms (coiled serpent left, consuming man) flanked by G 3; all within quadrilobe with leaves in spandrels Reverse: Nimbate St. Ambrose enthroned facing, wearing episcopal regalia, holding scourge and crozier MIR 121/1; Crippa 4/A; cf. MEC 12, 635-8 (for type). Deposits. VF.

NGC does a good job of photos.

Just added one that has been on my want list for a while. Maria I gold 6400 Reis (Peça) 1792-R MS62 NGC, Rio de Janeiro mint, KM226.1, LMB-530. From the Mac and Rob Woodside Collection

Yep, NGC doesn't hold a monopoly on grading problems. I wouldn't mind seeing them adopt a system like NGC uses for ancients. Give it a letter grade and then grade strike and surfaces. It gives you mor information than just putting a number on it.

In my opinion the MS62 on the Saxony looks about right and the Hamburg piece is over-graded. Having a large collection from this area I have gotten almost immune to the inconsistencies in grading these coins. In my opinion the 70 point system just doesn't work on these coins. The coin below is one I purchased at the World's Fair of Money a few years ago. I was hoping for a 55-58 and it came back from NGC in a 62 holder. Do I agree? No, but I'm happy with that because it will make it easier to sell at some point. There is a lot of luster but there are areas that in my opinion show obvious wear.

On the multiple whoever won it still got a "bargain". Heritage sold the same coin last year for $19,200. CNG sold for $12,500 plus the 22.5%. I dropped out before it hit 10K.