I stopped collecting 5£ coins a while ago, but got this one for just a smidge above face, so couldn’t say no lol
Such a usual situation, when I suppose that I stopped collecting some coins, but…..:)
Yes indeed, got caught up in the whole royal change hype lol. But I’m not complaining :)
However I stoppped collecting UK and most world coinage post 2020, so I have saved a lot of money. British coinage was especially becoming a diarrhea of ridiculous themes. I’ve heard that they have a 50p series dedicated to Star Wars coming out very soon 🤮
Massive stamp show this week with a coin section, so buying a lot and will upload it soon, some real nice discoveries, particularly UK, USA and Canada.
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Went to the Toronto coin expo yesterday and picked up this one as an impulse buy. I’m quite happy with it.
Westphalia 10,000 Mark issued in 1923. It’s made of Tombac and is part of a larger series which while I won’t actively look for, will certainly keep an eye out should one hapoen my way that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg
Elizabeth I shilling - VF and well struck, A mintmark - 1582 - 1584
Charles II Halfcrown 1676, 4th bust
1858 Halfpenny, cleaned but a nice gVF example, sharp strike and no corroding/pitting usually found on copper coins from this era.
1817 Sixpence with Bullhead portrait, very nice VF but cleaned
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One dealers boxes of $3, $6 and $12 coins seemed to turn up some real surprises.
For one thing, the $3 box was raining US dimes, he discounted me to $2.50 per coin, which meant each US dime had $2.98 worth of silver, so I bought as many as I could. One bonus was a 1903S dime shown above (Fineish), which is a real rarity and worth at least $150 or more!
A bit more got me these 2, the holed 1887 cost $5, probably add a 0 if there was no hole. The VG 1876 cost me $10 I think and a decent entry level coin to the world of Seated Dimes. (Pre Barber/Morgan silver seems to be a lot harder and more expensive).
A nice fine 1892O dime (1st year and New Orleans), cost me just $5 due to the attempted hole.
This very nice (VF) Barber quarter cost me just $36, basically a good coin and very clear. US coins have always been a minor part of my collection, but I appreciate beauty. You may notice these two coins illustrate the beginning and the end of the Barber era of silver coinage.
Finally a nice (EF or near EF) 1918S Merc finished the silver diving off, a good coin for $2.50 and less common date. 90% of the mercs we find here are 1941 to 1943S not surprisingly S coins dominate in NZ.
Stunning high grade Indian Head cent, well worth the $5 I paid for it.
Also brought more Canada, but I know you guys are quite bored with that now!
1892 50 cent - G - VG
1874 and 1881H quarters both good
1894 Quarter VG
1956 Dollar - EF but not cleaned at least
Group of large cents, 1876, 1882H, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1918 all VF
1918 10 cents and 1910 5 cents.
VF or better small cents, rare dates except the 1920, includes 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927 and 1930.
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Amazed no one has been here for 4 days - is it me or a coin drought?
Here are some tokens for you, these are the New Zealand versions of all the nice tokens and jetons we see from ZacUK.
First a stray Aussie one I paid just $3 for.
For those who don't know, these coins were issued between 1857 (1852 - 1867 in Australia) and 1882 due to shortages in imperial copper/bronze coins arriving in the colonies until 1897. Never officially legal, but always tolerated until 1884 and formally banned in 1898. Most were minted either by Heaton or Taylors in the UK and Stokes in Melbourne, usually of copper rather than bronze. Most survive in worn (VG - VF) and battered shape. Many spent years in the ground or in cesspits, hence the seasoning on them. My guess is lots were purposely destroyed or hidden after 1898 as well.
In Vino Veritas (In wine there is truth) 1862 Victoria - Otherside a very worn Wheat Sheaf. Copper 34mm (All penny sized coin unless noted). An interesting coin and maybe one of the earliest ever advertisements for drinking wine on a coin!
Normally I would bother with something this worn (gVG) and damaged, but it was very cheap and very interesting.
Charles Barley, Grocery - Copper Penny 1858 for Auckland, this is a decent coin (Good Fine) and one of the better ones, also a very early coin. Auckland had 5000 people and was in it's teens still when this was issued!
Brinsmead Pianos Christchurch 1881 - there were 6 types of these very late pennies. There are 3 designs, the arms you see here for one.
Designs 2 and 3, these coins have the same writing (Sole Agents) on them, the scenes whilst beautiful and well executed are very naive and wrong, the Maori looks like a Native American along with the art. As you will see naive Maori designs dominate these coins. Still these 3 are very nice to have and all gVF or VF. The other coins have the same designs, but are larger at 34mm instead of 32mm like these.
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Clarkson and Turnbull, General Importers - Timaru 1865. This is a very pitted penny and the shows the emigrant ships landing at Caroline Bay, Timaru - a city some 120km south of Christchurch. Only settled in 1859, so a village in 1865. This coin is actually very scarce and a nice scene on it.
Edward Reece, Christchurch c1865 - Halfpenny, this is a very rare coin and this holed and worn one cost me $40! Lot of writing here and a mother holding baby in front of a sheat of wheat or a tree? These obverses were stock types of allegorical women holding balances, sheafs of wheat and other allegorical scenes along with ubiquitous stereotypical and romantic depictions of Maori.
Edward Waters - Auckland, Penny c1875, another coin with another romanticised Maori, this one is quite accurate, a proper blanket, feathered hair and greenstone earring (My coin is pretty worn - Fine), but it would have the moko (Facial tattoo as well). One of the few coins to state its value - you will notice 2 types of font and a low rim ensured outer lettering wore easily, this coin is actually in Fine condition.
UPDATE: June 2 2023 - The first post in the June 2023 thread shows a Mason Struthers penny with a much sharper portrait of this Maori figure.
Morrin and Co, Grocers, Spirit Merchants - Auckland, Penny c1863. Another great piece which combines an allegorical woman meaning Trade and/or Justice, but we have a colonist shaking hands with a Maori warrior (Intersting as it emerged the year s#$t got real down in the Waikato and the Maori wars really blew up!). Tree depicted is a Nikau Palm, found all over New Zealand and the only “TEMPERATE” palm tree (Examples grow in Cornwall and rumour has it they grow at Inverewe gardens in Scotland and botanical gardens in Sweden and Denmark). A good coin.
One of these days I may start a thread on these coins, I did on CCF, until they booted me off!
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The undertype was surprisingly easy to identify: a UK 1806 or 1807 halfpenny. Well, it helps that the head is rather small compared to the diameter of this issue. The letters GE of GEORGE are the only truly identifiable ones along with the digits 18 of the date. On the reverse, the only identifiable feature is the left arm of Britannia. I can't see not a single letter of the legend.
Fred Pridmore dated these tokens to the period 1854-1874, but the start date is rather 1860 or 1861.
This is a half-stampee, i.e. 1¼ cents, not a stampee as Pridmore asserted. In addition, he was wrong that the stampee was worth 2 cents. No. The stampee was 2½ cents. Pridmore published his catalogue in 1965, but back in 1893 Robert Chalmers was more accurate about this in his study of British colonial coinages:
Great score, I have 1909S Indian Head and 1909 VDB wheatie, but not one of those.
The stampee is very interesting, the fact this was done in the 1850s some 50 years after the original coin - shows that like New Zealand, imperial copper coin distribution was not very reliable back then. Your stampee dates from the same time as the earlier Tradesmens tokens in my collection (1850s-60s).
Although T and T may have been using cents by then, I have seen stamps of theirs denominated in sterling until 1928.
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Addendum to the militarized part of the collection: Silver coin Armored technology - KV-1 proof 31.1 g (1 Oz)
,, The Soviet heavy and bulletproof KV-1 tank was an unbeatable competitor on the battlefield for a long time. In 1941, when the Third Reich attacked the Soviet Union, the Nazis were completely taken aback by this model. There is evidence that the machine was able to destroy several enemy tanks and resist in combat even after being hit. In addition, he could also block the movement of entire enemy formations. The tank could only be destroyed by dive bombers or anti-aircraft guns.,,
Silver coin Armored technology - KV-1 proof 1 Oz is minted from silver of purity 999/1000, silver content is 31.1 grams, nominal value 1 NZD (New Zealand dollars), diameter 37 mm. The coin comes out in an edition of 1000 pieces.
It complements others:
So I'm still rummaging through the Hellenic period, and my son will surprise me 2 ww- heck simple incorporation and research.
The stampee is very interesting, the fact this was done in the 1850s some 50 years after the original coin - shows that like New Zealand, imperial copper coin distribution was not very reliable back then. Your stampee dates from the same time as the earlier Tradesmens tokens in my collection (1850s-60s).
Although T and T may have been using cents by then, I have seen stamps of theirs denominated in sterling until 1928.
I date the “FD” half-stampees to c. 1860-1874. This is based on an editorial in the Port of Spain Gazette, October 1861. The FD countermarking scheme was extremely successful. When it started c. 1860 or 1861, there were all kinds of old coppers circulating in Trinidad (then not yet merged with Tobago as a single colony, which happened in 1889).
The population overall were used to decimal and over the years there were editorials and readers' letters which asked for the introduction of a coinage specifically for the colony. This was rejected by the Crown, which tried to impose sterling everywhere. The desire for a decimal currency reflected the fact that much trade was done with the US, Venezuela, and other “terra firma” states.
At least sterling had for it that it was exactly 1 : 2, i.e., 1 penny = 2 cents; 1 shilling = 24 cents; etc. So, it was possible to convert your British coins into decimal at sight. If you sold an item for 24 cents, it actually meant a shilling.
Now, while the population preferred decimal, the lower classes preferred the copper/bronze denominations to go by halves and quarters. So, the stampee (2½ cents) was half of the half-bitt (5 cents, the bitt being 10 cents). And, of course, half of the stampee was… a half-stampee. This latter denomination could not be translated into British money since the half-farthing (= ¼ cent) never circulated in Trinidad, so, there was no coin or combination of coins to pay for the “half-stampee loaf”. When in 1860/61 a baker first put his initials FD on a halfpenny-size copper to raise its value by ¼ cent, it was an instant success. People went along, and coppers were defaced. This became a major concern when the Colonial Bank imported shiny new bronze halfpennies in the mid- to late 1860s, which were soon defaced with the initials FD to raise the value by ¼ cent. The Council of Government finally intervened and adopted an Ordinance against the defacement of coins in early 1874.
Apologies for the long explanation! It turns out that this is a fascinating topic which sheds light on the lower classes and PoS's “petty shopkeepers”. The “FD” scheme was actually an exceptional numismatic event.
I date the “FD” half-stampees to c. 1860-1874. This is based on an editorial in the Port of Spain Gazette, October 1861.
yes, bravo for sharing a fascinating bit of history.
BluHawk
Camerinvs
The FD countermarking scheme was extremely successful.
Very interesting to read about this.
That brave barber needs applauded for taking a stand and standing up to the Empire.
Thanks! Let me add that a new paper should be coming out before the end of the year that solves the “FD” mystery for good.
While Chalmers was right about the value of the half-stampee, he was wrong that pennies, too, were countermarked. No ─ only halfpennies, and we now know for sure because of a satirical column published in January 1869 in the PoS Gazette. He was wrong, too, that “FD” was a barber; he was a baker and, eventually, a rum shopkeeper as well. I suppose it would be easy to misread “barber” for “baker” in the handwriting of the period.
“FD” was also French Creole, which we know thanks again to the PoS Gazette. At some point he was arrested for not having a liquor license and the court case was summarized in the Gazette. He spoke in French to a prominent French businessman at the time of his arrest, though it was reported that they sometimes spoke Creole together. Later he invested in real estate, purchasing a piece of land in Mucurapo, a suburban ward of PoS, and the two buildings he was leasing in the city, next to each other at 40-41 Park Street. I suspect one was the bakery and the other the rum shop, or else he resided in one and did all his business in the other. He soon fell into bankruptcy as the properties were posted for sale “in execution of a Power of Sale contained in a certain Deed of Mortgage” in the PoS Gazette in the summer of 1868. He then disappears from the pages of the Gazette. He was about 46 at that time, which we know thanks to a Masonic Lodge registry where his age is given. We don't know when “FD” died, and we may well never know as he was French Creole and not a member of the elite.
Apologies for the long explanation! It turns out that this is a fascinating topic which sheds light on the lower classes and PoS's “petty shopkeepers”. The “FD” scheme was actually an exceptional numismatic event.
Please don't apologise, I found it very interesting - I some how thought there was a connection to the “Bitt” system. The fact they did it to brand new coins is amazing, the humble copper and bronze Imperial coins got a drubbing, we had the same here - initials, ads and even love tokens made out of them.
Some more coins I got. This first pair is a Medal put out by my Numisatic Society - the Numismatic Society of Auckland and as far as we know, the only Numismatic Society (Coin Club for you newbies!) to issue a medal. I've only been a member for 3½ years, but are on their committee and are their auctioneer.
The medals were issued in copper, rhodium (Silver plated copper) and fine silver. Just 50 of the silver medals were made. I believe the silver coin is .925, as pure silver is too soft, but I could be wrong as it weighs exactly an ounce. There was 100 each of the other two. We were going to issue a gold medal as well, but there was no takers for it and the cost would have been very high.
Minted to proof quality in Singapore, the designs include Westminster Abbey on the tails and the heads of Charles I and Charles II on the heads side with our logo. The medals shown are copper and silver versions. I did not buy the Rhodium (Overkill!). I had a small part in the design (A scrap of paper showing cartoon heads of the Kings). The silver one weighs 31.10 grams and copper one weighs 28.28 grams (Crown weight). They are crown sized at 38.3mm.
These Vatican coins were Freebies from a friend, a nice part set from 1942 of 20 Centesimi to 2 Lire (I love the shields) in AU/UNC condition and 5 random coins from 1958 to 1962 from 1 Lira to 20 Lire.
Sorry about these photos, all these blingy shiny coins are hard to photo on sunny slanted winter days! I love photographing worn coins a lot more!
At my stamp club auction, more knock down bargains! This spink set of 8 silver crowns cost me just $100, it celebrated the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. These sets were put together for such events and combined coins from several countries, usually Commonwealth ones and often Spink sold these sets in coin magazine ads (I have some). Here we have a British crown, 5 Overseas Territory/Channel Island ones likely issued by the same agency and two coins from the Indian Ocean Republics of Mauritius and Seychelles (Which went Republican in mid 1977, but this coin may be from the 1 year of independence as State with the Queen as head).
Most of these show up in tainted and worn cases and badly toned coins, these are almost flawless and fresh looking. Some of the rims are blackened due to poorly placed on capsules. Because its 70s and Royalty related, it will likely never be worth more than melt (Around $325). Only 3,000 of these sets were issued with the 8 coins assembled, all seem to have the same effigy of Her Majesty except the British crown. Only the Seychelles coin shows a different leader (James Mancham). Some of these places issued half silver or cupronickel versions of these coins too, all face valued at 25 Pence or 25 Rupees (Mauritius and Seychelles).
All coins are Sterling silver and Proof quality, with the exception of the UK coin, all had mintages of 13k to 30k. Coins are the Crown of the UK, this is the Sterling silver one, not the ultra common Cupronickel one. Next to it is Tristan Da Cunha (One of their rare non gimmick coins showing WW2 ephemera). Next we have Jersey and Gibraltar (Again proof coin photography is very hard). Enlarge the photos and you see so much more on each coin, the designs are quite nice.
Mauritius (A nice coin with cane cutter), St Helena, Seychelles (This one got me worried as Seychelles issued a non proof version of this in half silver, but this is the proof Sterling one), apart from the 1976, its the only coin to show Mancham before he was overthrown by Rene France (Seriously - that name is not French enough) in 1977. Final coin is Guernsey.
In two minds to keep it, as its so nice - but sadly a common era.
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He was the only Prime Minister of the Republic, & used the fact that Sir James Mancham was attending a Commonwealth conference in 1977 to stage his coup.
He was the only Prime Minister of the Republic, & used the fact that Sir James Mancham was attending a Commonwealth conference in 1977 to stage his coup.
Aidan.
I know, I also have the 1976 Independence Proof set and these coins also showed Mancham, so the 25 Rupees is a nice add. I also have a good stamp collection of it going up to the 1970s (I generally don't collect modern stamps, just classic ones)
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Please don't apologise, I found it very interesting
+1 Camerinvs! Hope to get further updates on your interesting research!
Usually I go for Commonwealth currency with HMQEII portraits but this “bad boy” from Malta (P-15) 1 Shilling got my attention. I rarely see a note that has been lowered to half its value from 2 /- to 1/- (usually raised in value due to hyperinflation). Plus its a WW2 note as well:
Nice note, Malta had a lot of those small change notes, due to a lack of imperial coinage. Until 1972, Malta was entirely dependent on British coins (The period after 1960 things got better), but in this era, it was mostly small value coins like ⅓ farthings the Brits gave them.
I also have a Maltese War note, a 1941 1 shilling, which is only printed on one side!
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for Artic Discoveries which I just got at Auction.
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That is amazing, very historic! I am wondering of any of the people who got it, sailed with John Franklin on the failed 1846 Northwest Passage expedition. Many streets in Ponsonby, Auckland are named after him and his sailors.
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-Thanks guys! It looks really nice to the eye too.
That is amazing, very historic! I am wondering of any of the people who got it
+1 (I always am amazed when I watch those movies about those explorers who risked their lives to explore such inhospitable/extreme northern (or southern) poles. Very cool medal!
Those are nice, those coins have a medieval look and feel, yet are 17th century.
Just one coin here, a 1956 South African crown, this one is a bit more “seasoned” EFish. The date is one of the more scarce ones at just 100k issued, my 2nd scarcest after the 40k of 1955.
That just leaves 1954 (Rare - 10,000pcs) and 1959 (Did they even mint them for circulation - 3,000pcs).
It is amazing how these coins had such limited numbers, are not worth more. No crown had more than 1.5 million examples made (1952) and at least 5 were under 150k. If these were similar numbers for a Morgan or Voyageur dollar, they would be worth a lot more. South Africa in 1955 had around 12 million people, nearly as many as Canada. Okay most were African and likely never handled silver crowns - but still.
1956 was also a big year in Rugby for both nations with the South African Springbok rugby team demolishing the Australians in a rugby test series of 2 - 0, but meeting their maker in the All Blacks, they beat many provincial teams but only won 1 game out of 4 against the All Blacks. It was narrow victories though and some of the best rugby of all time was played. Despite what you may have thought of Apartheid and South Africa then, they could play some great rugby! Afrikaners took to rugby like ducks to water and even today, most of the Boks are Afrikaner.
Of course politics got in the way, with a 1960 tour under a cloud due to the request no Maoris were allowed in the All Black tour squad as South Africans considered them “Coloured”. Same in 1970, but in 1976 they got the status as honorary whites (I was named after the AB captain then - Tane Norton (Who was snow white looking). In 1981 a tour here led to some of the worst protests of all time, with a war between protestors and rugby fans and police. There were pitch invasions and planes dropping leaftlets and all sorts of craziness.
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1795 HIAB Speciedaler - Norway (Kongsberg mint) - Christian VII
Similar speciedalers were minted for Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein though this type is significantly rarer. It’s a shame it’s holed, but that and the seller’s misidentification of it as Danish allowed me to put a difficult and what would’ve been an expensive coin in my collection for very cheap.
Love it - and even more interesting, in less than 20 years Norway would end up as part of Sweden, when Denmark went bankrupt and got bombed by the Brits.
I went bananas with some large UK silver pieces - these are some nice coins, all high VF to near EF. Sadly the 2 larger ones have some serious edge bumps and dings.
Gothic Florin, may like this - an 1881 example in near EF condition (Victoria is, but there is some bad wear/strike at the top of the tails side (Top lion and crown band is nearly flat). Still its my new best gothic florin (Except my Godless one).
My first double florin - this is 1888 in also near EF condition. The coin has a couple of bumps though, especially around 1.30 o'clock on the tails. Photo is flat, but this has some really yummy black, brown, ambery toning.
1844 Crown with Cinquefoil stops - a nice coin in VF+ shape, but a bit ruined by spots of black (Auckland humidity) and some huge bumps on the rim. However, lots of detail and did not cost much more than the usual worn flat examples you see of these coins.
I also bought an 1819 Halfcrown in similar shape, but missed out on a very nice 1821 Crown.
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Speaking of traumatic periods (or at least immediate aftermath) I really find these interesting. Instead of introducing new coinage or tokens nothing changed other than that the allies removed the swastika from the third reich coins for new mintages until the Deutsche Mark got introduced in 1948.
My grandson came back 1/2 hour ago from a school trip to the ZOO and brought me the first two tokens, he informed me that he is keeping the others - that he is going to collect animal coins - "The world has a new collector", I will celebrate it on Saturday.
he's already a grandson
The reverse is the same everywhere:
I also received a shipment of refills to "Pakistan" today.
Returned from Vacations in South Korea last evening. Yesterday while in Seoul, I happened into an underground shopping plaza attached to the subway station in myeongdong which was teeming with coin stores. However with everything seeming so expensive and the language barrier, I mostly oggled at the displays in the window. I did however see one coin which I mustered enough resolve to go into the store and put down money.
Previously I was dithering on whether to buy masks as souvenirs, so when I saw this coin, it seemed like a twofer!
I really don't mind ‘cleaned’ coins, especially if they look good, and especially if they have been authenticated as someone else's expense. I got these for the price I wanted to pay.
I think they look fine. Sorry, I put them away before I knew I didnt get a usable pic of the reverses.
I am collecting LMU silver, and wanted some Italian 5L. This is a subject of very high rates of forgery, both indigenous and Chinese, so I prefer slabs.
Here is an altogether different thing, a 1970 Franklin Mint extravaganza.
That draped youth is just barely decent! Good thing the boy is behind!
I got two pieces, both vacuum sealed, sequential serial numbers😇
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
My biggest ever purchase and something I have always wanted.
The case is original, this is a 1927 UK Proof set of the redesigned King George V coins of Kruger Grey designs.
The price for the set was in the very low four figures. I have spent this amount on coins in the past, but its always been more than one item. For a single item previously were 4 halfcrowns that cost between $500 and $550 each, this set was between 2 and 3 times that amount. There are 6 coins in it, but all are part of a unified set. Apart from one coin (The shilling) none were issued or sold separately when they came out (Of course now, stray proof coins from before 1953 are everywhere - but all would link back to a set that got divided in the past). The tone patterns and patinas on these coins, make it high likely they have spent the past 96 years together!
With the exception of the shilling, none were meant for circulation. Either 1927 dated coins were not issued or the older designs were used that year.
These are seller photos, so its hard to tell if these are EF, AU or still fully UNC. I suspect they are all likely to be AU or UNC as they are nearly 100 years old and no doubt show signs of exposure to our severely humid climate. But I suspect toning too.
The star undoubtedly is the Crown, which was meant to be a one off, but became a series through to 1936. Incredibly the mintage of 15,030 makes the 1927 Crown the most common of the series (Others ranged from 9k down to 900, except the 1935 Silver Jubilee coin). All the other coins are scarce too and the 1927 3d was the only one minted dated 1927, no circulation 3d coins dated 1927 of either type were issued. So really, every coin in the set is considered a “star” in its own right, as its a proof coin and its UNC - both quite rare for coins this old.
In order of desirability it goes - Crown, 3d, Halfcrown, Florin, Shilling and Sixpence, although the last 4 coins are around the same.
Some of these proofs did circulate, as I know of one person with a 1927 KG Florin in VF condition. Proof sets this old can get down to EF, but VF usually means the coin must have circulated for a while.
This will definitely make my collection!
Better photos when I get them.
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Today's adventures brought me to the famous Cat Street in Hong Kong where I bought these two George VI-era 10 cent coins, 1938 and 1939. I had been looking for them for a bit and was very fortunate to have found them there.
I will most definitely be investing more time into my collection during this unusually free period, one of if not the most unoccupied stretches of time I'll ever enjoy. I'm excited!
"Life is all about being too wrapped up in the now to care about the future. When the future becomes the past, you start to regret what you've done."
Its Memorial Day weekend, so I have some free time. Here is something I purchased recently. It is one of several, but the others haven't been deciphered yet. This took two days and it turns out several of the museum pieces have the inscription wrong 😂. Looks like a classic copy and paste from somewhere else:
Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar II (ca. 6th Century BCE) Brick Tablet (Walker 102, 7-line Type)
Brick impressed with seven lines of cuneiform text:
𒀭𒀝𒆪𒁺𒌫𒊑𒌶 - Nebuchadnezzar (II) 𒈗 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 - King of Babylon 𒍝𒉌𒅔 𒂍𒊕𒅍 - provider of Esagila 𒅇 𒂍𒍣𒁕 - and Ezida 𒌉𒍑 𒀀𒊭𒊑𒁺 - foremost seed 𒊭 𒀭𒀝𒌉𒍑𒌶 - of Nabopolassar, 𒈗 𒁀𒁉𒇻𒆠 𒀀𒈾𒆪 - King of Babylon, am I
The coins are all UNC Proofs, but they are toned and someone tried to clean them around 40 - 50 years ago. The detail is stunning though and its easy to tell how much shinier they are, than even the many AU and EF coins of this type (1927 - 1936) I have.
Left to right - Crown, Halfcrown and Florin
Left to right - Shilling, Sixpence and Threepence
EF coins as a comparison below
Its no contest really - these EF coins are nice, but look dull next to the proofs!
Standard Reverse - cleaning attempts are sharp - Case photo(All images enlarge)
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Also the 1819 Halfcrown I got last week, this is another upgrade replacing a worn coin and now means all my George III halfcrowns except 1820 (Which I don't have) are at least aVF. I thought this coin was VF in the photos, but its almost EF!
Look at that lustre and shine, these are really nice coins, when they are not worn.
My photos are a work in progress, but all these new ones except the 1927 Halfcrown are good - fortunately a wooden table and slanting late autumn sunlight help!
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I got this in my change yesterday, 100 Zloty YN replacement note in quite nice condition, a decent VF. It will go straight into my collection in place of the Fine-ish example I have. Nice to get a decent example of a replacement note out of a trawl!
Its Memorial Day weekend, so I have some free time. Here is something I purchased recently. It is one of several, but the others haven't been deciphered yet. This took two days and it turns out several of the museum pieces have the inscription wrong 😂. Looks like a classic copy and paste from somewhere else:
Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar II (ca. 6th Century BCE) Brick Tablet (Walker 102, 7-line Type)
Brick impressed with seven lines of cuneiform text:
𒀭𒀝𒆪𒁺𒌫𒊑𒌶 - Nebuchadnezzar (II) 𒈗 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 - King of Babylon 𒍝𒉌𒅔 𒂍𒊕𒅍 - provider of Esagila 𒅇 𒂍𒍣𒁕 - and Ezida 𒌉𒍑 𒀀𒊭𒊑𒁺 - foremost seed 𒊭 𒀭𒀝𒌉𒍑𒌶 - of Nabopolassar, 𒈗 𒁀𒁉𒇻𒆠 𒀀𒈾𒆪 - King of Babylon, am I
Quant-geek that is an interesting item. Did you actually purchase this ancient wonder.
Its Memorial Day weekend, so I have some free time. Here is something I purchased recently. It is one of several, but the others haven't been deciphered yet. This took two days and it turns out several of the museum pieces have the inscription wrong 😂. Looks like a classic copy and paste from somewhere else:
Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar II (ca. 6th Century BCE) Brick Tablet (Walker 102, 7-line Type)
Brick impressed with seven lines of cuneiform text:
𒀭𒀝𒆪𒁺𒌫𒊑𒌶 - Nebuchadnezzar (II) 𒈗 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 - King of Babylon 𒍝𒉌𒅔 𒂍𒊕𒅍 - provider of Esagila 𒅇 𒂍𒍣𒁕 - and Ezida 𒌉𒍑 𒀀𒊭𒊑𒁺 - foremost seed 𒊭 𒀭𒀝𒌉𒍑𒌶 - of Nabopolassar, 𒈗 𒁀𒁉𒇻𒆠 𒀀𒈾𒆪 - King of Babylon, am I
Quant-geek that is an interesting item. Did you actually purchase this ancient wonder.
Yep and very carefully too with the proper provenance. Nebuchadnezzar went through a massive building frenzy and thus, he put his name on all the bricks. Its quite common to say the least, but still difficult to get…
Its Memorial Day weekend, so I have some free time. Here is something I purchased recently. It is one of several, but the others haven't been deciphered yet. This took two days and it turns out several of the museum pieces have the inscription wrong 😂. Looks like a classic copy and paste from somewhere else:
Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar II (ca. 6th Century BCE) Brick Tablet (Walker 102, 7-line Type)
Brick impressed with seven lines of cuneiform text:
𒀭𒀝𒆪𒁺𒌫𒊑𒌶 - Nebuchadnezzar (II) 𒈗 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 - King of Babylon 𒍝𒉌𒅔 𒂍𒊕𒅍 - provider of Esagila 𒅇 𒂍𒍣𒁕 - and Ezida 𒌉𒍑 𒀀𒊭𒊑𒁺 - foremost seed 𒊭 𒀭𒀝𒌉𒍑𒌶 - of Nabopolassar, 𒈗 𒁀𒁉𒇻𒆠 𒀀𒈾𒆪 - King of Babylon, am I
Quant-geek that is an interesting item. Did you actually purchase this ancient wonder.
Yep and very carefully too with the proper provenance. Nebuchadnezzar went through a massive building frenzy and thus, he put his name on all the bricks. Its quite common to say the least, but still difficult to get…
he's already a grandson
