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Obverse | Reverse | Description | Year | Country |
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Silver teston of Charles IV Duke of Lorraine issued in 1629 during his first reign on his own.... | 1629 | France | ||
A silver teston dated 1576 of Louis de Montpensier / Louis II of Dombes. Not easy to find, and... | 1576 | France | ||
A silver teston of Francis I of France. Minted at Cremieu by the mint master Pierre le Maistre,... | 1538 | France | ||
A silver teston issued during the first year of reign of Charles IX. During this year money... | 1561 | France | ||
Another silver teston issued during the first year of reign of Charles IX. This one is referred... | 1561 | France | ||
A silver teston bearing the image of Charles IX issued by the Paris mint (A mm under bust)... | 1562 | France | ||
A silver teston bearing the image of Henri III of France, this one dated 1576 and from Bayonne... | 1576 | France | ||
A silver half franc of Henri IV of France minted at Aix en Provence (small `I' within the C of... | 1596 | France | ||
A silver quarter franc of Louis XIII of France minted at Toulouse (M mm under bust) Portrait... | 1639 | France | ||
A shilling that didn't quite make it unscathed. Nice VF / EF(ish) coin with accoutrement on top.... | 1745 | United Kingdom | ||
Another 1745 `LIMA' coin that didn't quite make it unscathed. This time a sixpence. Looks like... | 1745 | United Kingdom | ||
This is an Edinburgh halfpenny / ha'penny / `Edinburgh bawbee' as it was commonly termed. a token... | 1790 | Scotland | ||
I came across this one via ebay. It was actually brought to my attention on rec.collecting.coins... | 1797 | Scotland | ||
Medal commemorating the Swiss National Exhibition in Geneva 1896. Other designs exist. | 1896 | Switzerland | ||
For a bit of fun, can you determine whther this coin is Edward I or Edward II. All the info you... | 1307 | United Kingdom | ||
25 Euro coin commemorating the 700th Anniversary of Hall in Tyrol. Coin is silver outer and... | 2003 | Austria | ||
Benjamin Franklin and Jean-Baptiste Antoine Montyon medal. Bronze. 41.7 mm. Dies by Barre. Genius... | 1833 | France | ||
Bi-metallic Model Crown produced by Allen and Moore (Birmingham)in 1848. (27mm or roughly florin... | 1848 | United Kingdom | ||
Hamburg Taler of 48 schillings 1764 OHK (Mint Master = Otto Heinrich Knorre 1761-1805) | 1764 | Germany | ||
Eight Soles from the Potosi mint. (PTS Monogram). This coin seems to be weakly struck and has... | 1833 | Bolivia | ||