I've always loved the Britannia design, this coin design especially because of the lion obverse. [q]I think alot of coins from Central Asia look like this due to the crude striking and minting methods.[/q]The very first coins I think of when thinking of weak/poor striking methods are the English hammered coins from Henry I and II and Stephen reign. Wow! It's hard to imagine how things revert to such a poor state after the earlier strikes of Cnut and Aethelred, and even the Roman and Greek coins with such strong strikes. It gets you to thinking about how hard things got for people during these times.
I see from another site that this is a great modern rarity in Croatian coins. Do you know when this one was minted and what metal was used versus the original?
Wow! That's quite a haul. You really outdid yourself with this one. I love the designs on all of these. Thanks for sharing.~Daniel
Here's one that arrived today. This is 1 Lepton from the IONIAN ISLANDS dated 1862. This is a key date since it was the last issue before the British handed the region over to the Greek government.IONIAN ISLANDS~1 Lepton 1862