TwoKopeiki

Thats a great looking coin Rey, really shows the contrast of the cameo great shot

Had no idea that a board member ended-up with my Canadian Set! I hope you like it, Rey. Nice image, too - I always had issues shooting proofs in holders. The best I could do was the auction picture and that was done by shooting at an angle and then re-adjusting the height of the image in Photoshop. With that method I managed to capture every hairline on the holder, though...

~Roman

Wow, yarm, that Crystal Palace medal is stunning!

Thanks, Marcel. This is exactly what I want all of my coins to look like

1802 and 1804 Lima Peru 8 Reales:

Some of the coins I've acquired during the Holidays:

1834 Durango 8 Reales - Cast Counterfeit (transfer dies)

1813 Mexico City 8 Reales - Mint Error (Tapered Planchet Strike)

1830 Mexico City 8 Reales

1843 Mexico City 8 Reales

More to come ...

I picked-up this guy on EBay:

These are seller's pictures:

I'll take some more once I have it in-hand.

~Roman

Nice coins, guys. I would love to see your finished Pontius Pilate collection, Thing!

Here are some of my new additions:

Trip to Egypt with the girlfriend:

Backward Chronological Order (view last to first)

I spent way under budget on that trip, which led to my first NEWP:

which lead to my other NEWPs and some pictures:

as well as re-imaging a couple of my favorites:

More definitely to come

~Roman

Nice pick-up, Willie.

Another interesting note about these coins is that half of the mintage was melted down to make Olympic pesos. So about 100,000 survived.

~Roman

I have some new purchases from TOREX show that I need to take pictures of. I'll post 'em tonight.

I agree, nice-looking Maundy set, ZAR. And who doesn't like 500-year-old gold

My last purchases (2 weeks ago), not counting coin books, are these:

I need to stop buying Railroad 5 Pesos, but I just can't resist it every time I see it being sold for less than $40. The rest are for my trading album.

~Roman

To add to the above list:

"Hookneck - El Aguila de Perfil" by Hubbard and O'Harrow. Fantastic reference on 1823-1825 Mexican profile eagle coinage (Hooknecks). Includes die varieties from the 3 mints producing them (Mexico City, Durango, Guanajuato), patterns, etc.

~Roman

I am intrigued by the lower rings too Bruce, do you have any links to photos? I might have to look out for one!

 

Boiler that pattern is simply stunning!

 

 

Here is a photo.... The middle ring is lower on the right side, also known as lower rings.

 

I never heard of "lower rings" designation for that 25 pesos before, so this made me go check the ones I have. 1 low , 2 high! Thanks for an interesting tidbit!

2Kopeiki

... !!! ...

I am now!

Thanks, Tom!!!

I agree, Chris. I am currently bidding on "CHOPMARKS" by F. M. ROSE. It would be interesting to trace the merchants that marked them.

Well, ok The most recent project I undertook is Charles IV of Spain year set, minted in Mexico City. Here are my latest acquisitions. The coin Jazzy posted on darkside forum still hunts my dreams, though

I could live without chopmarks, though...

2Kopeiki.

I considered posting some of my recently acquired stuff, but it pales by comparison to anything that has been posted so far. I'll hold off until I get my hands on something worthy of this post