Nice, I love that coin. It is my first time seeing that coin.
Nice, I love that coin. It is my first time seeing that coin. I am searching for the dissertation introduction help and while searching for it online, I found your post
Ordered the 2022 Charles III £5 coin, 50p and 40th birthday of Prince William £5 coin which could take up to 16 weeks to be dispatched, so I’ll post them in the Additions to your collection January 2023.😀
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The coin is not as important as its arrival in my collection.
Unexpected from an unknown donor from across the ocean, the smallest envelope I've seen and all soaked in the mailbox, and this beauty in her.
It pleases the soul and I thank you for this favor and believe that,, everything you do with love and joy will always return to you in life,,
No one dared to open this sacred numismatic month, the greatest additions I wish to all.
Thank you. Ivan
Hello,
It seems that is one of my old coins ! I specifically made my own postage stamps using the Canadain system. When I forgot to send this coin to a swapper, we agreed on a solution and I forgot that I sent that coin… Well, it is a lucky coincidence for you! (I have no problem with you keeping it)
I did a huge buy in from my coin ladies, still processing it. Here are some highlights
British groat, 1st year of Victoria
Very high grade 1919 3d, possibly UNC, at least AU
1920 3d - AU weak strike on Reverse
1921 also close to UNC, these coins are common to VF, but seldom seen this nice
Walker Half dollar of USA, gVF 1943
Austrian 50 schilling, Innsbruck 1964 - AU stains
Bahamas 1966 - 50c and $1 silver circulation pieces.
None of this stuff is earth shattering, but I paid basically melt on it all.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
UK 2011 Olympic Canoeing found from hunting a few bags of 50p from my local bank after several months draught of finding nothing in the bags.
I visited a local antiques shop and made friends with the dealer and we spent like 30 minutes talking about banknotes and the hobby in general. Then I asked for any older banknotes and coincidently he was just going to deposit some old £20 and £50s (these are notes from someone payed for scrap gold several years ago) into the bank from emptying out his safe and I managed to get one for face value and it’s a AA series so that’s something special.
After having a chat he told me to come back in a few weeks time to see some of his lot of older banknotes from the 50s he has stored for years and most of them are either in high grade or in consecutive order so I’ll pay a visit in a few weeks time to see if they are worth buying.
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I returned from a short holiday in Scotland, were I managed to pick these two beauties from circulation:
Did you get any Scottish notes worth keeping?
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Hm. I did see a few Scottish £5 and £10 notes in my change, but being an irregular visitor in Scotland, my first reflex was to immediately ‘recirculate’ them: I can't use them in other parts of the UK, nor can I change them back at a local exchange office.
I am not a notes collector either, and probably couldn't properly evaluate which notes are worth keeping and which aren't. For me circulating notes is just serious money. And so thinks my better half 😔
I got this Polish 100 Zloty note out of circulation last week. Afaik, prefix Y plus another letter marks a replacement note. I got two of them from the same bundle! First ones I have seen.
Just bought all circulatingDanish 5 kroner from 1960-1988 in seemingly good condition, with the exception of the 1973 wide rim variant. Also filled out the remaining gaps of 10 kroner. Lastly, I also got my hands on some Polish banknotes.
50 Zloty, AU; and a pair of 20 zloty notes, also AU.
Pulled from circulation :)
I have found it difficult to get any denomination other than 200 Zloty in unused grade - these are loaded into ATMs - however, these all have machine counting marks on them, so AU at best.
The Bank of Montreal cheque for £50 Cy (= provincial currency as opposed to sterling), certainly equivalent to roughly $1000 in 2022, doesn't have a recipient's name. I don't know why that is. (A very minor detail → Would you agree it was drafted by a left-handed person?)
No date in the Newfoundland 50¢ 1870-1919 series is rare, in spite of rather low mintages, but this date is the least common. In the 1870-1888 period, the reverse is generally convex, which means that only reasonably high grade pieces show the “N” clearly. They are therefore rather expensive in higher grade. This one replaces a low grade one with reverse legend almost entirely lost to wear.
I suspect Newfoundland coins would be in greater demand, and therefore more expensive if the design was not so “minimalist”.
EDIT:
And one day later, i.e. just now:
In the description, the seller mentioned a large die break. I suppose it's the thick line on the reverse pointing to the “D” of UNITED? If anyone knows more about this error I'd be interested to know.
The DEVINS & BOLTON MONTREAL countermark is one of the most common in the world, but Brunk recorded only one over an 1855 large cent, while all other 1850s dates are quite common (except for the rare 1857, for which none is known).
Last month I've managed to get my first gold coin in a coin fair: N#35718.
Technically it should be on the september thread, but it was meant for my 30th birthday (yesterday).
And this week I bought a small box specially for that coin.
It's a small porcelain jewel box, and in the end the golden color of the metal part of the box matched perfectly with the color of the coin.
the coin is damned good. But instead of that box you could get another good coin.
Ah, that coin will get a companion some day… I'm not in a hurry.
Being able to afford one of these is already a lifetime achievement.
And don't worry about the box, it was very cheap. I just wanted a nice place to store it (separated from my box of silvers, as it deserves it's own spotlight).
And what could be better than a mini treasure chest?
2023 Britannia £2 ounce. I have requested the addition of that year because it’s not in Numista yet.
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I got this Polish 100 Zloty note out of circulation last week. Afaik, prefix Y plus another letter marks a replacement note. I got two of them from the same bundle! First ones I have seen.
-Very nice to pull replacements (& the other denoms) in higher grade from circulation @Hibernia.
As for the money order, I found gunner John F(rederick) Edgecombe
-Great detective work @Camerinvs. I took your links which provided very interesting reads/info.
I won these just before HM QEII passed away but they didn't arrive much later as I delayed their shipping since he had some other notes I wanted to bid on. The first note P-374 One Pound is common enough but of the first O'Brien signature (which is about 10% of this long running issue):
This P-35a Five Pound from Isle of Man has been surprisingly difficult to get. Most often one sees the P-35A or P-35b later versions. I lost out on a batch of TPG notes in UNC that were auctioned off about 4-5 years ago & was determined to pick one up eventually, so here it is:
I won these just before HM QEII passed away but they didn't arrive much later as I delayed their shipping since he had some other notes I wanted to bid on. The first note P-374 One Pound is common enough but of the first O'Brien signature (which is about 10% of this long running issue):
This P-35a Five Pound from Isle of Man has been surprisingly difficult to get. Most often one sees the P-35A or P-35b later versions. I lost out on a batch of TPG notes in UNC that were auctioned off about 4-5 years ago & was determined to pick one up eventually, so here it is:
Nice notes you have there. You have probably seen the paper £50 that I got recently and since then I've asked many banks, post offices etc for older withdrawn notes or for Scottish/NI banknotes and 50% of the time they said they didn't have any while the rest had plenty of them (one place even showed me them) but they can't give the notes to me due to “policies” they have to follow.
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Nice notes you have there. You have probably seen the paper £50 that I got recently and since then I've asked many banks, post offices etc for older withdrawn notes or for Scottish/NI banknotes and 50% of the time they said they didn't have any while the rest had plenty of them (one place even showed me them) but they can't give the notes to me due to “policies” they have to follow.
Thanks.
Sometimes it pays to be a regular customer & then they may "bend their policies" a little. Our banks in Canada don't encourage collectors & are usually offish with me most of the time (in the name of security, policies & all sorts of excuses not to help out).
Once in a blue moon, I have met with a sympathetic teller (& head teller) who has helped me out. If I ordered half a brick (5 bundles) & I picked a radar out of the bunch, I would go back with some donuts for the staff. I have also given a helpful teller an old Charlton catalogue as he seemed interested in banknotes (& he helped several times). Whenever I ordered new notes (or asked to check the damage/returns bag) I would have money on hand so that the transaction would be quicker/smoother (rather than request a withdrawal). If I got lousy notes I still took them with a smile & many thanks. These are just some of the strategies I used to try to build a relationship so I could check out my branch's notes. Sometimes it paid off but more often I struck out. (You have to accept that its a numbers game & the odds are that you'll get common notes/serial numbers). It took an incredible amount of time & patience but I did score a few good notes (like a special number) over the years. My persistence has paid off but it hasn't been anything to write about (even though I have written a long reply here!) 🥴
You may want to see if you can get your dad to help you out too. Discuss what you'd like to get (rolls of coins, a bundle (X100) of new notes, etc). The best way to look at it is “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” If you don't get too obsessed then he might want to help (& if you score it may make it sweeter). 😎
Nice notes you have there. You have probably seen the paper £50 that I got recently and since then I've asked many banks, post offices etc for older withdrawn notes or for Scottish/NI banknotes and 50% of the time they said they didn't have any while the rest had plenty of them (one place even showed me them) but they can't give the notes to me due to “policies” they have to follow.
Thanks.
Sometimes it pays to be a regular customer & then they may "bend their policies" a little. Our banks in Canada don't encourage collectors & are usually offish with me most of the time (in the name of security, policies & all sorts of excuses not to help out).
Once in a blue moon, I have met with a sympathetic teller (& head teller) who has helped me out. If I ordered half a brick (5 bundles) & I picked a radar out of the bunch, I would go back with some donuts for the staff. I have also given a helpful teller an old Charlton catalogue as he seemed interested in banknotes (& he helped several times). Whenever I ordered new notes (or asked to check the damage/returns bag) I would have money on hand so that the transaction would be quicker/smoother (rather than request a withdrawal). If I got lousy notes I still took them with a smile & many thanks. These are just some of the strategies I used to try to build a relationship so I could check out my branch's notes. Sometimes it paid off but more often I struck out. (You have to accept that its a numbers game & the odds are that you'll get common notes/serial numbers). It took an incredible amount of time & patience but I did score a few good notes (like a special number) over the years. My persistence has paid off but it hasn't been anything to write about (even though I have written a long reply here!) 🥴
You may want to see if you can get your dad to help you out too. Discuss what you'd like to get (rolls of coins, a bundle (X100) of new notes, etc). The best way to look at it is “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” If you don't get too obsessed then he might want to help (& if you score it may make it sweeter). 😎
I have been a customer at my bank for 5 years and my parents have been with their bank for 30 odd years but a few years ago the branch have gotten rid of their wooden see through counters from the 70s which had 5 or 7 tellers is now a wall that houses just a ATM and a coin deposit machine with a desk (opposite out of shot) that on 95% of the times I've visited there is only one person there.
Anyway We are going to London tomorrow and maybe branches there might have some Scottish notes because I assume there is more traffic of Scottish travellers to London compared to a small town in Lincolnshire.
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Went to London yesterday for a protest and I had some time to purchase these at a banknote shop which houses Coin heritage (which was closed at the time of visiting) near Trafalgar Square.
Argentina 10 Australes (1987-1989).
Cuba 3 Pesos 1995.
Israel 10 Lirot 1973.
Mexico 200 Pesos 2008 (Commemorating 200th anniversary of independence for 2010).
Russia 5,000 Rubles 1995.
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I got these from a local foreign exchange office. I ask for several duplicates because I found these were several signatures not documented in Numista. Also this will go towards the signature database that I’m working on to find all the signatures on Mexican banknotes and I’ll publish my findings on the either when I’m finished or I get stuck and require help.
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Here is an 1837 "15 sous" note as there were many back then: scrip issued by local businesses:
As you can see, the woodcut is that of a Spanish American 1 real. This is an eighth of a dollar, hence 12½¢ or “a bit”. Two of these are , of course, 25¢ or "two bits". Well, this means that 25¢ in the old French system = 30 sous, and this expression still exists in Quebec for the piece of 25¢: “un 30 sous”.
These were cut by hand with scissors, hence the irregular frame.
Wwc, beside the word “typewriter” you mention in your signature, can you guess what's special about “stewardesses” on the keyboard?
Lots of nice treasures this month! Giobruno, congratulations on your gold! Grinya, some very nice (and datable!) coins for that era!
Moneytane, yes, I would call those George V threepences MS quality!
I am pushing my collection back in time a bit these days.
My first two Byzantine copper follises (folli?), the left in each photo from Basil II/Constantine VIII (976-1028), the right Romain IV (1068-1071):
And two 10th century issues of Lower Lotharingia....
A denar struck in the name of Henry I of East Francia between 925 - 936 at an undetermined mint in the southern Low Countries, imitating a denar of Cologne:
And another denar struck at the royal/imperial mint of Huy (later in the Principality of Liege), struck in the name of Otto I as King of Germany (936-962)
Buying a lot bulk lots and will be taking a hiatus for a while, as I have expensive dental treatment to pay for 😬
William and Mary Halfcrown 1689 First shields and first bust. Very nice piece in good Fine condition. Nice to see this type where you can see some real detail on the monarchs
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
So, I got it for a third of the catalogue value of the Cossack Penny alone. You can find great opportunities on eBay.
Nice!!
I see I should revise my “rule” of skipping past lots, as I saw this one too but quickly scrolled by.
I did not mentioned the fact that I also won this item from the same seller just minutes later:
I was quite hesitant at first to bid on it, but thanks to the Google God I found out that it had been sold just two months earlier at an Heritage Auction. It is far from being the best example of this, especially that, unfortunately, the VEXATOR / VENATOR part of the legend is entirely missing. Still, it's an historic item.
It's unclear who was meant to be the “vexator” of the Canadians. I think it had to be either George IV (1820─1830) or William IV (1830─1937). The Charlton catalogue is certainly wrong to claim that it could be any colonial governor. No ─ the bust replaces that of a ruler and to be meaningful at the time of issue (probably the 1830s since so light in weight), the message has to be about the King. And the Governor would be enacting the Crown's policies anyway, so it always goes back to the king.
Got my first Scottish note after several weeks. The story is that earlier this morning I went to Stamford to visit their market and I went to a stall full of Spanish cheeses, cured meats and a few other things. The guy (who was Spanish) was busy finishing the transaction with me (I bought some cheese) then an old lady came and bought a cured sausage and paid it with a Scottish note, she said don’t worry about the note. I quickly took of to the bank to grab a fiver and ran back to ask the guy for the note, which he was happy to give it to me because he said they were a pain to deposit. So here it is. Don’t worry about it being curved I’ll place a few books on top to flatten it out within a few days.
Also I visited a charity shop to see their numismatic cabinet and this week they had overpriced common 50ps and uncirculated Cuban 1 and 10 peso notes from 1969 and 1971 but they were overpriced so I settled with a bag of Euros to fill in gaps and the rest to be spent when I visit next May.
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A new addition to our catalogue, Scotland Conder Token D&H #10.
Somewhat below the grade level I like to collect (F15 / VF20) but, it has a distinct connection to Canada’s Colonial past. Specifically, LC-16 N#99301
I estimate about 23,000 examples minted (5 cwt) 225 years ago so I believe quite uncommon, as it doesn’t come up for auction very often. It has certainly performed its economic duties.
I think we can put to rest the description of “exact copy in reverse”, which I included in my former referee days. Let’s say “modelled after in reverse” because the differences are rather glaring. I’ll contact the folks at Charlton as well as our own referee.
As a side note, F12 – VF20 examples of LC-16 retail for $1,100 – $1,500 Cdn. I paid $75.00 Cdn for 1 side in reverse!!!
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