Ian
Scotland
United Kingdom
collecting the eclectic
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Shooting medal by Georges Hantz minted in silver for the federal shooting festival at Winterthur... | 1895 | Switzerland |
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Shooting medal by Hugues Bovy minted in silver for the federal shooting festival at Frauenfeld,... | 1890 | Switzerland |
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Large (50mm) shooting medal by Homberg minted in silver for the Cantonal shooting festival at... | 1895 | Switzerland |
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Smaller (38mm) shooting medal by Bovy minted in silver for the federal shooting festival at Basel... | 1844 | Switzerland |
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My favourite shooting medal, this one by Huguenin minted in silver for the federal shooting... | 1892 | Switzerland |
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Large (56mm) silver medal commemorating Victoria's diamond jubilee. The yong head on the obverse... | 1897 | United Kingdom |
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Scandinavian gold in the form of a swedish 20 Kronor. These coins are slightly bigger and heavier... | 1884 | Sweden |
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Louis Napoleon gold 20 Francs of 1854 minted at Paris | 1854 | France |
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Napoleon gold 20 Francs of 1811 minted at Toulouse (M mint mark).Not quite VF in my opinion.... | 1811 | France |
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Napoleon gold 20 Francs of 1811 minted at Lille (W mint mark).Not quite VF in my opinion and... | 1811 | France |
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Gold 20 lire. Rome mint. Almost EF but still as common as muck. | 1877 | Italy |
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Gold `pond' with bust of Kruger obverse (Not Freddy Kruger though). Nice coins these. This one a... | 1897 | South Africa |
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Nice veiled head Vicky sovereign minted in her last year of office. | 1901 | United Kingdom |
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Nice example of a George V sovereign. | 1915 | United Kingdom |
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The `Melusine'(maritime assurance company). Original silver jeton de presence by Dubois, issued... | 1832 | France |
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2 gulden | 1879 | Austria |
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A `crocione' (aka `taler') minted for the Austrian controlled part of Italy and minted at Milan. | 1795 | Italy |
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A taler minted for use in Transylvania (E mint mark) | 1863 | Austria |
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Another taler minted for use in Transylvania (E mint mark) | 1819 | Austria |
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Taler minted at Kremnitz (B mint mark) in and for Hungary. | 1825 | Austria |
