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I enjoy hunting and buying … and buy more than I want to hold. I sell to keep up my buying addiction, and for the fun of exposing folks to uncommon world gold coins. All coins include Airtite capsules (except where noted). Spot is US$1,829 at time of posting. Sorry about saying gold 3 times in the title -- it's always gold!

See videos for many coins below. As a frequent buyer of gold coins I'm often surprised as the reality vs. the pics (often pleasantly). The videos are here for you to know what you're getting.

(PM's only please - I will redirect you from chat). I'm happy to do my best to answer any nerdy questions about old world gold. If I don't know it, you may inspire me to research it and get back to ya!

LMU STANDARD COINS

The Latin Monetary Union (“LMU") was a monetary union in Europe established in 1865 based on coinage standards originating with Napoleon I. Officially, it included France, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Spain, Venezuela, and others. Many other countries (Russia, Finland, Poland, Serbia, etc) matched the standard and minted coins in the same denomination. It was the first 'euro' -- you can find posters identifying the coins that were official members. The LMU fell apart with the onset of WWI, but you can find several coins with the same size in the interwar period (Poland, Yugoslavia, etc) and beyond. I posted a full list of LMU gold coins here.

Finland: 20 markkaa (Nicholas II), 1913, 0.1867oz gold, UNC, **$SOLD** [KM#9] [Pic] [Video]

• Excellent example, UNC (MS) high point details. Was considering to send it off for grading (~MS62). As anyone who grades coins knows about the subjectivity, an UNC details grade is always possible.
• Minted under the protectorate of the Russian Empire. Last year of issue (mintage 214k). Markkaa was the Finnish currency until adopting the euro.
• Obverse features the iconic Russian double eagle, with Roman origins. Reverse refers to the gold content of the coin (5.806 grams).

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Let's assume ITTL Napoleon II gets better health, lives to a ripe old age, matures to inherit all of his father's good traits and his ambition, and develops a sympathy for liberalism. An uncanny sequence of deaths in the Habsburg royal family leaves him the heir apparent or close to in the line of succession. When the liberal-national revolutions start, the senior Habsburg abdicate in panic much like OTL. He stages a palace coup to get rid of rival claimants and everyone else who dislikes his Bonaparte roots, and takes the throne. He implements liberal and federalist reforms, and makes Austria take the lead of the revolutionary movement in Germany and Italy.

He leverages the talents he inherited from his father and the support of the revolutionaries to crush conservative and particularist opposition in the Habsburg lands, Germany, and Italy. The German and Italian states that might oppose his rise to power are undermined by revolution or defeated on the battlefield, and overwhelmed into submission. He reforges a new and improved Habsburg/Napoleonic Empire, or if you wish the HRE reborn as a modern state, as a liberal constitutional monarchy and the federal union of Germany, Italy, and Hungary. His subjects hail him as the champion of liberalism, the restorer of imperial glory, the unifier of Germany and Italy, and the protector of Hungary. He establishes a new Habsburg-Bonaparte dynasty based on his forebears' prestige and his own accomplishments.

France, Russia, and Britain are too busy to interfere in the new empire's formation until it consolidates. France has to deal with its own revolution. Russia is busy putting down rebellions in its own empire. ITTL the uprising in Poland occurs in concert with the other revolutions in Europe, and its example spreads to Finland, the Baltic lands, the parts of Belarus and Ukraine formerly ruled by the PLC, and the Danubian Principalities, keeping the Tsar busy with restoring order at home for a good while.

Britain is aloof from European affairs in this period, focused on imperial concerns, and sympathetic to liberal revolutions. It might well get concerned with the rise of a potential European hegemon that bears Napoleon's stink, but something happens to keep it distracted. It might be an earlier Sepoy Rebellion in India, an uprising in Ireland, a war with America about Canada and the Pacific Northwest, or a mix of the above.

Britain, Russia, Spain, and Turkey may well form a conservative coalition and attempt

A bunch of beautiful world gold now available. All coins acquired from highly reputable sources and verified with sigma and/or kee PMV. Additional pictures or info available upon request!

https://imgur.com/a/nnMcFqM

(20x) (4x) Tenpo Era (1832 - 1858) 1 Shu (silver) – 15mm x 9mm – 1.87g total weight (.986 fine silver) - $19/ea

(16x) (12x) Tenpo Era (1832 - 1858) 2 Shu (electrum) - 13mm x 7.5mm - 1.64g total weight: (0.5g gold / 1.14g silver) - $58/ea

• (25x) (22x) Meiji Era (1868 - 1869) 2 Bu (electrum) - 19mm x 12.5mm - 3g total weight (0.67g gold / 2.33g silver)  $88/ea

• (12x) Kabul Shahi Dynasty (located modern day Afghanistan/India border) 9th/10th century 'Bull and Horseman' Jital (850-1020 AD) - 0.700 fine silver - 16mm - roughly 3g total weight - $12/ea

• NOTE - The Japanese Shu, Bu, and the Jital are all individually hand made as they did not have access to the mass coin minting technology used in the west. Due to this, the dimensions of the pieces are not absolute and exact. Variation is minimal but each one is unique.

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• PCGS MS62+ 1904 $20 Liberty - 0.900 fine - 0.9675 AGW - $2,050

• NGC MS65 1960 Israeli 20 Lirot – Scarce - 10,460 total mintage - 0.917 fine - 0.2355 AGW - $605

• 1974 San Marino 1 (0.0884 ozt AGW) Scudi & 2 Scudo (0.1779 ozt AGW) set in original mint OGP - 0.917 fine - 0.2655 total AGW (2 coins) - $625

PCGS MS62 1916 Cuban 5 Pesos - 0.900 fine - 0.2419 AGW - $535 (SOLD)

NGC AU58 1896 French 10 Francs - Ceres - 0.900 fine - 0.0934 AGW - $290 (SOLD)

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• 1772 Kingdom of Naples 6 Ducati - 0.916 fine - 0.2565 AGW - $1215

• 1786 Portuguese (Rio Mint - Brazil) 6400 Reis - Maria I & Pedro III - Rio Mint (Brazil) - Possibly polished on obverse side - 0.917 fine - 0.4229 AGW - $1325

• 1830 French 40 Franc – Charles X - 0.900 fine - 0.3735 AGW - $875

• 1923/35 Turkish 100 Kurush Ankara - 0.917 fine - 0.2127 AGW - $440

• 1974 Dominican Republic 30 Pesos Proof – 5,000 total mintage – beautiful and thick coin. 0.900 fine - 0.3386 AGW - $725

• 1929 Austrian 25 Schillings - Prooflike - original non-restrike - 0.900 fine - 0.1702 AGW - $395

• 1929 Austrian 25 Schillings - Prooflike - original non-restrike - 0.900 fine - 0.1702 AGW - $395

• 1931 Austrian 25 Schillings - Prooflike - original non-restrike- 0.900 fine - 0.1702 AGW - $395

~~1851 French Second Republic 10 Francs - Ceres - 0.900

Let's say the Habsburgs manage to convince rest of coalition to do.

How long do you think it would last

What if Anthony Berezovsky succeeded in assassinating Emperor Napoleon III and Tsar Alexander II during the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867?

What are the effects of this on the Second French Empire and the Russian Empire?

This was the main fear of Francis and why he dissolved the HRE. But let’s say he dies of a heart attack before he dissolved the HRE and Napoleon is elected as Holy Roman Emperor: what’s next for Europe?

Was doing some reading that referenced Napoleon I and III, when it occurred to me that I've never really heard anything about Napoleon II. So I read his wikipedia, he died young so his lack of note in history is unsurprising. But when I came to the bottom of the Wikipedia page, it notes that Hitler had Napoleon II's remains moved from Austria to France without explaining why. Why would Hitler have done that? Especially since I would've thought he'd want to keep Napoleonic artifacts in Germany, as I understand Hitler was an admirer of Napoleon.

Wiki link if relevant:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_II#Disposition_of_his_remains

We are replacing a Weber GENESIS SILVER B (c. 2002-ish, I can't recall), which we've had for nearly 20 years. Have replaced parts, but this is (was?) a great workhorse.

We're looking to replace it with something that will last as long (does anything last these days?) or will be easy to keep working with easily-sourced parts. I don't need all the bells and whistles. I want something that is dependable (temperature, cooking, and parts) and will last

I'm under the impression that both of these are China-made, which is sort of a bummer (compared to the original), but what can I do?

Ideas? Thoughts?

Hi all !

I'd like to sell the following pieces which I've picked up in London recently.

Photographs & proof: see here (imgur link)

Greek coinage

• Italy, Lucania, Velia AR Nomos (6.82 g), c. 280 BC Lion attacking stag. SNG ANS 1398. Nice reverse, black spots on the surface of obverse; possibly a contemporary plated type produced with official dies, but the test cut reveals a silver interior, and the weight is good, so I judge this more likely to be fine silver. In any case, a nice affordable example of the issue. $285
• Seleucid Empire, Seleukos IV (188 - 174 BC), tetradrachm of Antioch. Fine style, high relief portrait, some surface porosity. $235

Celtic coinage

• Semiones of Gaul, potin, c. 100 - 50 BC, a nice high grade example with "hedgehog" bust and degenerate horse design on the reverse. SOLD

Roman coinage

• Julian II, "the Apostate"; the last pagan Roman emperor, silver siliqua, Arelate, 360-3 AD, a nice well-struck problem-free example, with the bearded bust indicating his priestly status. $215

Indian coinage

• Sri Lanka, gold kahavanu (4.44 g), c. 990 - 1070 AD, good style but a bit double-struck. $375

Islamic coinage

• Persia, Samanid, Nuhr bin Nasr, multiple dirhem (crown-sized) c. 934-5 AD, nice grade with lustre, mostly uncleaned with some surface deposits and scratches. $115

Medals

• William II of England, commemorative medal after Dassier by Thomason in white metal c. 1850s, lustrous and proof-like. $65
• Napoleon, coronation medal 1810, a miniature piece in the style of a Roman coin. $85

Cartwheel coinage

• George III, cartwheel penny 1797, a reasonable example, a bit stained, minor edge bruises. $45
• George III, cartwheel twopence 1797, a nice circulated example, XF or better with minimal edge marks. SOLD

T&Cs

- I take payment by PayPal (F&F or G&S + 3%) or bank transfer (GBP preferred)

- I post from the UK; tracked & insured postage generally costs around $15, but depends on weight. Postage by regular airmail in a bubble mailer is $5 but at your risk - only recommended for low value items.

- Everything is guaranteed to be genuine, and I can provide provenance for these items if required.

Thanks for looking !

u/coinfrequency

the community has been thinking of a sequel such as empire II or trilogies like Medieval III, but I see nobody talking about Napoleon II. Am I the only one?