Westphalia AV 10 Franken/ Tuscany 3 Zecchini

[John Kamps]

more recent acquisitions...

obv. AV 10 Franken 1813-C (Kassel Mint) King Jerome Napoleon

obv./rev. AV 3 Zecchini 1781 Florenz Mint Leopold II of Habsburg

 

 

 

 

[Matteo95]

Congratulations!!! Both in perfect condition and very rare . 

My curiosity : do you have also genoese coins ? 

[John Kamps]

Yes, I have only two.

I will post them. One I need to take foto.

 

Here is AV Dukat ND Doge Battista Campofregosi circa 1478-83

 

 

Cheers 

John

[Matteo95]

very nice coin the ducato of Battista Campofregoso , it is not a particulary rare coin but the variant ( as your ) with  the I I and AN in nesso is a little bit rarer then others .

[John Kamps]

Thanks for additional info. My favorite coin from Genoa are the 96 Lire from1792-97 with the Madonna/Shield supported by Griffins. There was a nice mint state example from Bolaffi Auctions, sadly it went way over estimate. Here is that other coin...AV Doppia 1616 Genoa Mint Doge Rulers

[Matteo95]

The 96 lire is probably the commonest genoese gold coin , of course in high conservation the price becomes important. Inportant for this coin is buy the variety without star after the date. The last june bolaffi auction had a very important collection of genoese coins with great rarities I was in the saleroom .

Congratulations for your doppia ! If I am not wrong it is from the Gadoury auction 2013 lot 537 ( I won the lot 417 in that auction ) 

[John Kamps]

Yes, I did bid on a really nice 96 Lire at Bolaffi Auction (I was working that day in my landscape business!) Turned out I was outbid by quite a bit. The Doppia coin was "unsold" so I bought it for the opening bid of 1200 Euros. The 96 Lire was offered as alta quailta, I asked them what that meant they said like MS-64 in US. Kunker had a US slabbed MS-66 Netherlands 1840 10 Gulden, Kunker graded it almost unc.! In Europe, most coins graded Stempelglanz/FDC/SC/Mintstate would be MS-67 or better in US slabs.