Are you a fan of Benedetto Pistrucci’s “St. George and the Dragon” but don’t want to shell out for a Crown or Sovereign? Here’s an alternative: The 1857 Bank of Upper Canada One Penny Bank Token. I pulled these out of the $1 Box at two separate coin shops.
Back to the rail yard for now.
I’m amazed at how large it is: the same diameter as a modern one ounce silver Krugerrand.
Junior eating with aggressive disinterest to the fox that was yelling at him to step away from the kibble.
Bonus: the 1979 Cuatro de Balboa has a double-stamped date error so rare and valuable that my LCS guy threw it in with the $60 Balboa with a chuckle.
The boss at work is a fan of Antiquity, so the office chipped in for this, a holder and a little lucite stand as a birthday present. Any idea when during his reign it was minted?
Vespasian sestertius for $75 at my local antique co-op. The wear looks odd to me. Any thoughts from The Knowledgable out there?
Their old diameter was the width of the box. The large one in the first photo was last year’s size and the biggest one in the bakery today. Also: the store automatically charges a 3% credit card fee when you use cash. They did refund it after I pointed out this “mistake.”
Apologies if the Canadian Dollars don’t quite fit in. Something from Spain and Portugal are next on the To-Acquire List.