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Book celebrating 50 years of the Kunker auction house, very impressive. not only with all the history but with details of lots of the major collections - I think it will take a while to go through it 🙂
 

Book celebrating 50 years of the Kunker auction house, very impressive. not only with all the history but with details of lots of the major collections - I think it will take a while to go through it 🙂
 

Book celebrating 50 years of the Kunker auction house, very impressive. not only with all the history but with details of lots of the major collections - I think it will take a while to go through it 🙂
 

Stunning rare 1820 1/2 Sov with a mintage of 35,000 in a nice grade 
Stunner 
Hoping to add the 1818 and 1817 to complete the run 

A little beauty from @Gildeon
 

This week is getting better and better...
Didn't expected the release of the 2020 5 OZ Palau Black Panther coin on 25th March 2022.🤣🤣🤣 
This is my absolute favorite Smartminting design. Absolutely life like look, stunning details. Had the 2 OZ, but this one is so much better. But watch yourself. Right now i'm like a little kid with a sugar overdose. This coin is a really bad boy. But the packaging, box and COA is only for purists.

After 20 years, it still maintains very well, but it feels less red than 1989. If you don't look at the queen's side, it is actually not much different from proof. With 1989, the target progress has reached 2/3

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Finally took the plunge on a coin that I’ve long been wanting to add to the collection.
1862 India Mohur



 

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Great coins - the 1812M 40 Lire is the 1812 with the 2nd 1/0 variety. Such overdates are very common on the coinage of Napoleonic Italy - quality control was a shambles, even compared to some of the mints today.

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Just need a nice 1818 George III Crown now to complete the trio.

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Great coins - the 1812M 40 Lire is the 1812 with the 2nd 1/0 variety. Such overdates are very common on the coinage of Napoleonic Italy - quality control was a shambles, even compared to some of the mints today.

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Found a big chunk of Napoleonic copper hiding in a box - high relief is not a new thing

Great coins - the 1812M 40 Lire is the 1812 with the 2nd 1/0 variety. Such overdates are very common on the coinage of Napoleonic Italy - quality control was a shambles, even compared to some of the mints today.

Superb observation! Well done and thank you for sharing.
Another worthy note is that due to quality control being shambolic, many of the planchets upon which the coins were struck didn't meet the required specifications as set out by the standards of the Latin Monetary Union (LMU). Consequently, these sub-par planchets were 'adjusted' manually and exhibited what looks like scratches and scrapes on the surface of the coins, most commonly around the edge and across the centre of the shield. People who are unaware of this mistake these as damage sustained from circulation, but they are in fact manual adjustments made to the planchets before the coins were struck such that the resulting coin conformed with the LMU standards.
Nevertheless a very attractive type LMU coin and certainly one with amazing history!
Cheers! ⭐️

Great coins - the 1812M 40 Lire is the 1812 with the 2nd 1/0 variety. Such overdates are very common on the coinage of Napoleonic Italy - quality control was a shambles, even compared to some of the mints today.