Scarce Mircea the Old, Grandfather of Vlad the Impaler or Dracula silver coin 0.4 gm, 14 mm; average quality
"Mircea was the son of voivode Radu I of Wallachia and his wife, Doamna Calinichia, thus being a descendant of the House of Basarab.He was the father of Vlad II Dracul and Alexander I Aldea, and grandfather of Mircea II, Vlad Țepeș (Dracula), Vlad Călugărul and Radu the Handsome. All of these would at one time or the other rule Wallachia, with Mircea II and Vlad Țepeș both being able military commanders (the latter became one of the most notorious leaders in history, and the inspiration for the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker)." Wikipedia

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My time has come. After a half century of traveling and collecting just about anything and everything, it is time to think of children and grandchildren. Through the upcoming months, hundreds of  items must go. NO RESERVE. Ancient coins, medieval royal and papal documents, antiquarian, rare and signed books, blowguns from Borneo, mega-bats from Java, as well as Samurai armor, woodblock prints, stamps, Viking and Byzantine relics, antiquarian maps, pre-Columbian artifacts, fossils and much more must find a new home. Many of the items are quite rare.

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