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Need help identifying this coin..any help much appreciated

Happy Holidays all! I have been working on my father’s estate who was a coin collector. He has this coin in a plastic cover and tucked away. I have been unable to identify this. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

Austria Hungary - Denar - 1536 - Kremnitz Mint - Nr. 513.

30 Dec 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron ispleased to report acquisition of a very nice Hungarian (Hapsburger Hungarian) Denarwith Full Date 1536. This coin was issued 10 years after the Hungarian defeat at thebat...

Poland - Lublin - Schilling - 1660- Copper - Nr.512.

26 Dec 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron ispleased to report acquisition of another Poland Copper coin issue as Nr512 . Obverse: At center is portrait of Jan II Kazimierz. Legend: IOAN.CAS.REX. Reverse: At center ...

A Christmas Eve Blast From The Past - The Coin Chat Before Christmas

The Coin Chat Before Christmas (Stanza written by -smedley-)'Twas the night before Christmas, and all thru the chat,Not a creature was stirring, not even Bill@...The 2x2's placed on the mantle with care,In hopes that my new coins soon would be there....

Poland-Lithuania Fraustadt Mint.3 Groszy. (15)98. #510.

17 December 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron is pleased to report acquisition of another Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth coin. It is a nice Silver coin and is number 510 on the 'list'. Obverse: Portrait of Sig III ...

Wasserburg am Inn. Bavaria. 5 Pf. 1917. Nr. 509.

11 Dec 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron is pleased to report acquisition of a WWI emergency coin issue as number 509. Thiscoin is mostly interesting for the history of Wasserburg. Note: This coin/token is 19mm di...

Overpriced coins and stamps

Please be careful when bidding on coins and stamps. There are several sellers who try to scam bidders by using the words 'Rare', 'Scarce' and/or 'Old' in the items' title or description to get large amounts of money for cheap items. I have seen commo...

Europa C&O #508- Austrian Silesia Oppeln Mint 3 Pf. Silver-1669.

7 Dec 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron is verypleased to report acquisition of a neat small silver coin with full date 1669. It was minted at the Austrian Royal Mint in Oppeln, Silesia. Acquired from a local deal...

Europa C&O #507 - Kalmar Sweden 15 Kronor 1981 Token.

3 Dec 2020: Greetings to all coin & token collectors; where-ever you might be. Heron is happy to report a recent acquisition of a token that was actually 'found' on eBay by accident. How it happened: Heron was searching for a coin of Colmar Germany. ...

Europa C&O #506- County Gorizia & Gradisca-15 Soldi- 1802.

29 Nov 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron ispleased to report acquisition of an interesting coin. Interesting because of thedenomination. Note: The coin is 28mm dia- Billon with Silver content .250. Dark. Ref KM48....

Europa C&O #505-Duchy of Troppau 3 Kreuzer-1616-Silver.

26 November 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron is pleased to report acquisition of Central & Oest Europa different issues #505. A nice silver coin that grades VF: Note: Coin is 21mm dia. and Silver. It is listed wi...

Europa C&O #504-Papal State Fano- Quattrino- 1572 to 1585.

22 Nov. 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors, where-ever you might be. Heron is pleased to report acquisition of a coin issued for a truly obscure place. The townof Fano was not on either of Heron's 2 Italian States 'want lists'. Actually, Heron ha...

Selling rolled coins in plastic wrap

Hi: I was wondering if I should take my rolled coins that are in the original plastic wrap from the Mint and put them in a proper .25 cent coin wrap? My reason for doing so would be to inspect each coin to make sure they are all the same as I adverti...

Europa C&O #503-Courland & Semigallia Mitau Schilling 1575 Billon.

20 Nov 2020: Greetings to all coin collectors; where-ever you might be. Heron is pleased to report acquisition of a small coin from a somewhat obscure place. It wasissued for a 'Duchy' that existed for about 215 years. Courland and Semigallia. Thisco...

1992 D Lincoln close AM

I recently came across what I believe is 2 of these coins. I don’t know a lot about them and could use some help in verifying if it is in fact rare and tips thank you again!