A good start for me, some lots I won in the last Mowbrays auction finally arrived and they are amazing.
My new oldest British coin and its a beauty!
This is an Edward III groat from the Pre Treaty Period, called Class F (1354 - 56), 2nd cross Mintmark. I just love it - VF details with slight bends. This is a truly MEDIEVAL coin and its amazing. I have waited years to finally win one of these and it was quite cheap (Around $200) Minted in London and love that Medieval portrait.
My first Henry VIII coin and its decent, has some clipping and yet this coin cost more than the one above. Its a Laker Bust D and has the mintmark of Lis (105) on it. It can't be dated any more accurately than 1526 - 1544. the portrait is the “Renaissance Page Boy” probably done around 1526, when he was starting to get fat, but before the beard and bluff King Hal stereotype of the 1530s onwards Holbein paintings. Either way its 300 years older than the next groat which is 1836! I now have 3 medieval groats, one each from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries
The portrait is reminescent of the Henry VII ones on the first coinage (1509 - 1526), however the king looks less flattering (Surprisingly no one was executed) Anyway I have ticked off 2 more British rulers on my list and can get back to Henry 8 with only Mary missing now.
This group of 5 all came together for around $200. All are Elizabeth 1 coins (1558 - 1603) but have some fault on them. Top left 1582 6d - holed, 1574 6d - clipped and worn, middle a decent 1564 3d, but holed. Shilling at bottom (1592 -1596), massive gash in it but a decent coin. The coin at bottom right is the best, its a 1560/61 shilling, with cross/crosslet mintmark. Its fault again is clipping and very worn - but it has a good portrait and 1st/2nd coinage Elizabeth is much harder to find than 3rd to 6th coinages (Pre 1562).
The threepence itself is a decent coin with a good portrait, all of my Lizzies have bad portraits as it was understruck all the time (Shields and dates come out well). It shows she loved the ruffs even back then, although the over the top portraits with heart shaped ruffs, the weird heart shaped puffed hairdos and jewelled bodices with drag queen style dresses mainly date from the 1580s and later, as she was aging and desparately trying to keep up with Lettice Knollys (Who stole her man - Dudley off her). But we have bold lettering and a bold date. Without that hole, this would be in a decent state and not lumped in with 4 other faulty coins in what I have called my “Elizabethan Budget scrap mix”.
Its also taken my oldest threepence back 222 years! (Seriously the next oldest is 1786, then 1843!!)
More coins soon!
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Thanks - I was happy to win them too, that auction is twice a year and easily the best we see in New Zealand. Heaps of people bid on it and I always seem to miss out. I won 4 lots out of 11 I bid on. Last time I bid on 18 lots and lost on all of them.
The best lot was this one which was a North and West European coin accumulation with these coins amongst it.
The best by far was this Denmark “Krone” coin from 1693 with Christian V on it. The coin is easily highVF close to EF and likely worth around $500 or so. Its 35mm in size and weighs 18 grams. This one is pretty bumped up though.
The biggest coin was this large copper ore from the reign of Christina. Its either 1645 or 1649 - the off strike obliterates the date, which was in the Roman Numerals top left on 1st image. The coin is 48mm and 50grams. Its one of the many large copper pieces coming out of the “Stora Kopparborg” at Dalarna. These coins were issued through the 1600s and early 1700s and some wre several kilos in weight!
There was also a very nice Swiss 5 Francs from 1889. A big juicy silver coin, all my Swiss 5 Franc coins were 1930s and later, so good to see this
Also this Portuguese 10 Reis from 1743 an interesting but stained old coin.
A Dutch guilder from 1863
A 1849 French Republican centime, ordinary coin - but very high grade and nice lustre
2 Russian 2 Kopeck coins, 1811 Alexander 1 and 1842 Nicolas 1 - Weirdly Nicolas is larger, but is Serebom. Both coins are very thick too.
There are more coins, about 50 interesting ones like 1782 3 skilling, some 19th century Prussia, Swiss cantons etc, but also a lot of low value early 20th century Denmark and Sweden coins like Iron 5 ores from 1948 etc.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Thanks - I was happy to win them too, that auction is twice a year and easily the best we see in New Zealand. Heaps of people bid on it and I always seem to miss out. I won 4 lots out of 11 I bid on. Last time I bid on 18 lots and lost on all of them.
There are more coins, about 50 interesting ones like 1782 3 skilling, some 19th century Prussia, Swiss cantons etc, but also a lot of low value early 20th century Denmark and Sweden coins like Iron 5 ores from 1948 etc.
Amazing additions you have this year, and definitely not cheap I imagine. The Prussian and Swiss cantons are worth sharing here
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Solothurn 1802 1 batzen, Vaud and Fribourg 1 Batzen 1828 and 1829. Also a nice 1859 Swiss 20 Rappen.
Prussian coins are are 3 Scheide Munzen 1839 and 1 Sceidemunzen 1820. Also 2 Nassau coins, a Utrecht 1783 coin.
More later!
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Very nice, I should start posting my poundage finds, although +90% of the stuff I buy is exchange coins (pounds, euro, yen) by weight. Most of the hard to find stuff is banknotes on the cheap
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Here they are - they all come from one lot of Western and Northern European coins that cost me $875 = 17% buyers commission (Over $1000 NZD = €600). The Krone made up most of it. I would say I got close to my moneys worth - a lot of stuff I have never even seen let alone owned.
Swiss cantons, Solothurn 1787, Vaud 1829 and Fribourg 1828 - all very thin jeton like billion coins.
Coins of Nassau and some German state I have forgotten, these are all tiny.
Danish skillings, both dated same year yet one larger and more crude, other one quite well done and also a 2 skilling tiny billion piece of Christian 7 - described as a pinhead and whose first wife ran off with a German called Struensee after some aborted reforms in 1772. She was English and Christian himself was half English (via Hannover).
Group of swiss change with iron 1 and 2 Rappens, 1859 20 Rappen (10% silver) and a half franc from 1914 amongst others including some very nice 1 Rappens from the 1930s.
More coming.
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Some more - Belgian coins included an 1833 2 Cents in very fine grade. I was amazed how old this coin was!
Also 2 silver coins from just after war. Amazed how 20 Franc had more than half as much silver as the 50 Franc
I also have the 100Franc I got years earlier. These coins did not last far into the 50s when Base metal coins to 10 Francs were used.
Some old Dutch coins including a Utrecht one from 1783 and 1841 Half cent along with 1870s 1 cents, all VF to EF
Some weird German stuff including a Danzig 5 pfennig, Cologne Notgeld and Hambourg square train token I think.
Greece 20 Lepta 1883, last year for this coin as it was tiny and later to be issued as base metal. This one is close to EF
Prussian coppers, got my dates mixed here, the 2 is 1839 and looks like its not collared, whereas the 1867 is a high quality coin and easily EF.
Very nice Romanian, 2 silver Lei showing a very well done portrait of King Carol, who ruled for a very long time, also a high grade (EF - gEF) piece.
Swedish 2 and 5 Krona, amazed these shiny big coins are only 40% silver like the rest of their billion obsessed coinage of that era. Seems our Nordic friends loved billion coins between their copper and real silver denominations before WW1 and went Billion/Muck metal after it. Still nice AU/UNC pair.
Finally 3 bizarre ones, a 1 something arather of Lombardy venetia, 10 Grozy from Poland (Interesting as it did not exist in 1840) and a 10 Cents of Dom pedro 2 of Brazil.
Okay none of this stuff is super rare or valuable, but its all interesting and in general nice grades. Its also stuff you hardly ever see here in New Zealand.
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I picked up a 2018 5 Euro Cents from Cyprus & the 2023 75 Rupees note from Pakistan commemorating 75 Years of the State Bank of Pakistan.
I was also pleased to get a 2020 official reprint of the 1963 issue of the Western Samoan 5 Pounds - which has a prefix in the serial numbers, which the original notes don't have.
I picked up a 2018 5 Euro Cents from Cyprus & the 2023 75 Rupees note from Pakistan commemorating 75 Years of the State Bank of Pakistan.
I was also pleased to get a 2020 official reprint of the 1963 issue of the Western Samoan 5 Pounds - which has a prefix in the serial numbers, which the original notes don't have.
I picked up a 2018 5 Euro Cents from Cyprus & the 2023 75 Rupees note from Pakistan commemorating 75 Years of the State Bank of Pakistan.
I was also pleased to get a 2020 official reprint of the 1963 issue of the Western Samoan 5 Pounds - which has a prefix in the serial numbers, which the original notes don't have.
Aidan.
Is the official reprint considered legal tender?
No, as it is a collectors' issue done with the official sanction of the Central Bank of Samoa.
These are MPCs, US military vouchers used in various military bases that would expire and be issued different “series” every so often to prevent locals from buying and hoarding them. I find these all the time and only buy the higher denominations as their market value is very high for these small notes that are disregarded as “world currency”. Got these for ~$1 ea in a bulk lot. Not included are some 32 round pounds I bought for 25c each (1/5 FV, assuming they are still redeemable) among other exchangeable coins like CAD, DM, schillings, euro, yen, SGD, etc by weight, an 1847 Spanish real for melt, and various uncommon coins world coins (Albania, Algeria, older French and Greek copper, etc).
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Finally 3 bizarre ones, a 1 something arather of Lombardy venetia, 10 Grozy from Poland (Interesting as it did not exist in 1840) and a 10 Cents of Dom pedro 2 of Brazil.
Okay none of this stuff is super rare or valuable, but its all interesting and in general nice grades. Its also stuff you hardly ever see here in New Zealand.
Just a small correction, it's a 10 réis, not a 10 cents.
The old real currency never had subdivisions.
Still, nice coins you got, all of them.
As you said, not the type of thing you usually find in New Zealand.
And for you, that D. Pedro II coin came from almost literally the other side of the world.
Here is my first coin this month - a proof-like Canadian Quarter, dated 1964. Nothing too special, but some pretty cool rainbow toning in my opinion.
Thanks!
I love rainbow toning on coins, that quarter is a beauty!
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One of my latest acquisitions is this Finland 100 Mark, 1909 (issued in 1918).
The design of the note is similar to earlier notes. This note is interesting in that it is marked Sarja II above the serial number. It was a new issue after the end of the Finnish civil war in 1918.
During the civil war, the communist rebels captured the Capital, Helsinki, and with it the Bank of Finland printing works. They issued banknotes during the few months that they held the city.
After Helsinki was recaptured, the Finnish provisional government cancelled the existing banknote issues and redeemed only those that had not been issued by the rebels. New notes were issued, marked Litt A, and later notes with colours altered marked Sarja II / Serie II.
People resorted to forging the Litt A and Sarja II / Serie II markings on earlier cancelled notes which had been issued by the rebels in an effort to spend notes they had in their possession which were no longer valid. Quite a few contemporary forgeries of notes with Litt A and Sarja II are still available to collectors.
100 mk old issue which was withdrawn and cancelled N#330530
100 mk Litt A (same colour as cancelled notes) N#331173
500mk Sarja II, and an illustration (comments section) of a forgery of Sarja II on an earlier note. The forgery is the wrong colour for a Sarja II. N#330517
These are MPCs, US military vouchers used in various military bases that would expire and be issued different “series” every so often to prevent locals from buying and hoarding them. I find these all the time and only buy the higher denominations as their market value is very high for these small notes that are disregarded as “world currency”. Got these for ~$1 ea in a bulk lot. Not included are some 32 round pounds I bought for 25c each (1/5 FV, assuming they are still redeemable) among other exchangeable coins like CAD, DM, schillings, euro, yen, SGD, etc by weight, an 1847 Spanish real for melt, and various uncommon coins world coins (Albania, Algeria, older French and Greek copper, etc).
Super notes you have there! The MPCs have always been a favourite of mine among US notes, and especially that 50 Cents with the eagle on the back – a very nice note.
One of my latest acquisitions is this Finland 100 Mark, 1909 (issued in 1918).
The design of the note is similar to earlier notes. This note is interesting in that it is marked Sarja II above the serial number. It was a new issue after the end of the Finnish civil war in 1918.
During the civil war, the communist rebels captured the Capital, Helsinki, and with it the Bank of Finland printing works. They issued banknotes during the few months that they held the city.
After Helsinki was recaptured, the Finnish provisional government cancelled the existing banknote issues and redeemed only those that had not been issued by the rebels. New notes were issued, marked Litt A, and later notes with colours altered marked Sarja II / Serie II.
People resorted to forging the Litt A and Sarja II / Serie II markings on earlier cancelled notes which had been issued by the rebels in an effort to spend notes they had in their possession which were no longer valid. Quite a few contemporary forgeries of notes with Litt A and Sarja II are still available to collectors.
100 mk old issue which was withdrawn and cancelled N#330530
100 mk Litt A (same colour as cancelled notes) N#331173
500mk Sarja II, and an illustration (comments section) of a forgery of Sarja II on an earlier note. The forgery is the wrong colour for a Sarja II. N#330517
These are MPCs, US military vouchers used in various military bases that would expire and be issued different “series” every so often to prevent locals from buying and hoarding them. I find these all the time and only buy the higher denominations as their market value is very high for these small notes that are disregarded as “world currency”. Got these for ~$1 ea in a bulk lot. Not included are some 32 round pounds I bought for 25c each (1/5 FV, assuming they are still redeemable) among other exchangeable coins like CAD, DM, schillings, euro, yen, SGD, etc by weight, an 1847 Spanish real for melt, and various uncommon coins world coins (Albania, Algeria, older French and Greek copper, etc).
KennyG the designs + colours are lovely and vibrant. Awesome notes
Here is my first coin this month - a proof-like Canadian Quarter, dated 1964. Nothing too special, but some pretty cool rainbow toning in my opinion.
I would agree amazing toning on that coin!
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Very nice Romanian, 2 silver Lei showing a very well done portrait of King Carol, who ruled for a very long time, also a high grade (EF - gEF) piece.
Okay none of this stuff is super rare or valuable, but its all interesting and in general nice grades. Its also stuff you hardly ever see here in New Zealand.
It doesn't have to be rare or super valuable to be beautiful and interesting. To be honest I'm slightly more interested in your knowledge of the history surrounding the coin than the coin itself half the time.
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Thanks - I was happy to win them too, that auction is twice a year and easily the best we see in New Zealand. Heaps of people bid on it and I always seem to miss out. I won 4 lots out of 11 I bid on. Last time I bid on 18 lots and lost on all of them.
The best lot was this one which was a North and West European coin accumulation with these coins amongst it.
Absolutely Stunning, Moneytane! I enjoy the coins so much you post, and the knowledge is very appreciated. :)
Those Peso banknotes are super notes – I always liked eagles on notes!
- Yes, great pick up numis27. Nice notes everyone! Coins look great too!
Here's my 1984 $20 note from the Solomon Islands (P-12). This completes my set from that country:
This is a beautiful note. Great work. I have the P5, 6 and 7 note issued as First Day of Issue, and the $20 was not introduced then. The closest one I have is the P12 specimen note, which is cheaper than your circulating note.
Those Peso banknotes are super notes – I always liked eagles on notes!
- Yes, great pick up numis27. Nice notes everyone! Coins look great too!
Here's my 1984 $20 note from the Solomon Islands (P-12). This completes my set from that country:
This is a beautiful note. Great work. I have the P5, 6 and 7 note issued as First Day of Issue, and the $20 was not introduced then. The closest one I have is the P12 specimen note, which is cheaper than your circulating note.
Kai, the Specimen notes from the Solomon Islands have not yet come my way.
I am looking forward to the new commemorative 10 Dollars for the 2023 Pacific Games, which will be held in Honiara in November - & it will be the first Solomon Islands note under the reign of King Charles III (who is my King, by the way!).
Received these UNC notes yesterday - 50 kopek & 1000 roubles Belarus
Belarus' 50 kopeck and 1 rouble notes were my favourite when I was a child:))
Even today, the Belarusian Rouble is a very low value currency, as there was a lot of high inflation in which there was even a note for 5 Million Roubles.
Until a few years ago, the Belarusian Rouble was a banknote only currency - like the South Sudanese Pound was from 2011 to 2015.
I purchased this 👇👇👇 a few months back, but received it only early this month. The seller doesn't ship outside the US but a fellow "Numistist" received it for me at his US address. Stunning condition — at least AU or AU+:
Cigarette smoking? People still do that - only the extreme addicts and ultra ghetto do that in New Zealand now.
My coin buying has slowed down a bit after a very productive spell.
1941 Irish shilling, this is probably AU if not UNC (Possible wear on bull's flank), nice lustre. Some gummy, gluey adhesions which can come off. A less common date and a nice addition. Silver irish coins come along once in a blue moon here, later ones much more common.
You are probably thinking, why am I showing this, a standard VF/aVF Australian Halfpenny? But its 1939 the first year of this design and very scarce by Aussie Halfpenny standards. Most 1939 Halfpennies are of the older “Words” type (5 million) and only 782,000 were minted for 1939, so its a $40 coin rather than 40 cents.
1864 US cent - I already have one of these, but that coin was copper, this is the Cupro Nickel one, the last year of Cupronickel pennies. This one is not as nice - Cleaned Fine (Look at the gunk around the words “One Cent”). Still it fills a gap.
Now for two real gems
1671 or 5 Charles II - 3 pence coin showing conjoined C's, these were added to each coin from 1d to 4d (Yes circulating silver pennies made it into the mid 1700s - just shorn of their medieval crosses and pellets) This is VF, but bent and quite wonky with what looks like advanced Syphillis on the Kings face!! Still a great coin and cheap.
Very nice Anne Shilling from 1705 (Pre Union, so its an English rather British coin). Its a bit worn, but a pretty design of a coin, we had the plumes here suggesting the silver for the coin came from Wales. Likely cleaned in Past, otherwise a high VG near Fine coin and quite scarce.
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I regularly organize sports olympics for my granddaughters and grandsons, so I need a lot of prizes and I also shop at the Chinese market. I didn't have fakes and a circus at home, so I also ordered a few coins so that I could also show the nonsense of 1 OZ dollars.
The price of 1 OZ silver coin from China is cheaper than a plastic ring for a shopping cart called "sazka" - this is our betting office for wins (ie losses)
sample size
cost about two dollars
🤣 a more expensive variant of exonumia - a shopping cart token more OZ than a dollar😁
and here this is who in 2024?
a) is he the most famous prisoner?
b)Or the old-new president elected in 2024? It should be thrown into the air, if it lands face up it's the president and if it lands upside down it's a prisoner.
Definitely part of the British Commonwealth series.
Aidan.
New Hebrides may have been part of the British Commonwealth, but it was joint with France and that note is very French colonial style (Delrieu?), which very much showed fullc olour and sensitive sketches of local people. There is no way any British themed note would show art that well done or colourful.
Brits seemed to focus more on landscapes, animals and crowns/lions etc. Even the stamps of the New Hebrides were mixed, with the French ones dominating, oh la la half naked women and images of carvings were a welcome change to the usual British diet of crowns, monarchs and recess drawn photos of palm trees and industrious natives making money for the colonial state to squander on stupid wars.
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Definitely part of the British Commonwealth series.
Aidan.
New Hebrides may have been part of the British Commonwealth, but it was joint with France and that note is very French colonial style (Delrieu?), which very much showed fullc olour and sensitive sketches of local people. There is no way any British themed note would show art that well done or colourful.
Brits seemed to focus more on landscapes, animals and crowns/lions etc. Even the stamps of the New Hebrides were mixed, with the French ones dominating, oh la la half naked women and images of carvings were a welcome change to the usual British diet of crowns, monarchs and recess drawn photos of palm trees and industrious natives making money for the colonial state to squander on stupid wars.
It's a pity that they do not print notes like this anymore. French influence notes are the best, like those issued in Africa and Indochina.
b)Or the old-new president elected in 2024? It should be thrown into the air, if it lands face up it's the president and if it lands upside down it's a prisoner.
Funny. 😁 I guess a genuine circulating coin would have face on both sides.
Didn't realize there is so much exonumia with a Trump effigy. There are even some actual coins out there with Trump, one of them is this coin commemorating the Trump visit with one of his best friends: N#188882
Does anyone know how to get my hands on one of those?
b)Or the old-new president elected in 2024? It should be thrown into the air, if it lands face up it's the president and if it lands upside down it's a prisoner.
Funny. 😁 I guess a genuine circulating coin would have face on both sides.
Didn't realize there is so much exonumia with a Trump effigy. There are even some actual coins out there with Trump, one of them is this coin commemorating the Trump visit with one of his best friends: N#188882
Does anyone know how to get my hands on one of those?
I recall seeing a few for sale on a Singaporean coin shops website last year I believe.
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Some new additions for me all cheap new types I was missing.
Indonesia 20,000 Rupiah 1995
Guatemala 10 Quetzales 2014
Various commemorative Spanish Peseta coins from 1990-1999 which I bought for £2 although the 500 Peseta coin is not pictured because I already had the same year so it went into my exchange at leftover currency pile.
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Moneytane, really a great haul this month. Congrats!
SIlverQueen also lots of lovely goodies!
I plugged a few holes in my Poland collection this month spanning 6 centuries, after an entire quarter (3 months) without a purchase of any kind😬.
1. Denar of Kujavia 1236-1248. Thirteenth century is a tough period for medieval Poland collectors. The monarchy had fragmented, and there are only local issues like this one, all pretty scarce (photos Salon Numizmatyczne Mateusz Wojcicki)
2. Ort (¼ thaler) 1658/7 Gdansk mint. I had been looking for a large-ish silver coin from the Gdansk mint during the reign of Jan Casimir, and landed this one. Some flaws, but a modest price as a result :
I'm a bit surprised the diemaker didn't lose his job (or his head) given the enormous nose he gave the king.
3. 2 Zlote, November Revolution 1831. The coins struck during the November Revolution are not rare, but they are extremely popular. I haven't ventured much into the 19th century in my collection, but having something from 1831 is a must for Poland collectors (again the seller's photos, M. Wojcicki).
Moneytane, really a great haul this month. Congrats!
SIlverQueen also lots of lovely goodies!
I plugged a few holes in my Poland collection this month spanning 6 centuries, after an entire quarter (3 months) without a purchase of any kind😬.
1. Denar of Kujavia 1236-1248. Thirteenth century is a tough period for medieval Poland collectors. The monarchy had fragmented, and there are only local issues like this one, all pretty scarce (photos Salon Numizmatyczne Mateusz Wojcicki)
2. Ort (¼ thaler) 1658/7 Gdansk mint. I had been looking for a large-ish silver coin from the Gdansk mint during the reign of Jan Casimir, and landed this one. Some flaws, but a modest price as a result :
I'm a bit surprised the diemaker didn't lose his job (or his head) given the enormous nose he gave the king.
3. 2 Zlote, November Revolution 1831. The coins struck during the November Revolution are not rare, but they are extremely popular. I haven't ventured much into the 19th century in my collection, but having something from 1831 is a must for Poland collectors (again the seller's photos, M. Wojcicki).
RegularCoiner, there are a lot of interesting designs on the early Polish denars, but to get a well struck version on a decent flan gets expensive (which is why I settled for the flan defect).
Here, something like a bar brawl on the obverse, and an eagle attacking a rabbit reverse (some message there which is lost in the mists of time): N#124222
Here, a more friendly scene over a table: N#138042
Since you are in Sweden, you are probably also aware that the Vasa kings of Poland continued to try and claim the throne of Sweden for 75 years after Sigismund III was deposed. So on the second coin I showed, we see the obverse egend IOH CAS D G REX POL & SUEC for “John Casimir, by God's grace King of Poland and Sweden …”
RegularCoiner, there are a lot of interesting designs on the early Polish denars, but to get a well struck version on a decent flan gets expensive (which is why I settled for the flan defect).
Here, something like a bar brawl on the obverse, and an eagle attacking a rabbit reverse (some message there which is lost in the mists of time): N#124222
Here, a more friendly scene over a table: N#138042
Since you are in Sweden, you are probably also aware that the Vasa kings of Poland continued to try and claim the throne of Sweden for 75 years after Sigismund III was deposed. So on the second coin I showed, we see the obverse egend IOH CAS D G REX POL & SUEC for “John Casimir, by God's grace King of Poland and Sweden …”
Great coins guga.lamy - the Manuelline coins and early Republicas are gorgeous. His reign was very short lasting just 2 years after his Dad and older brother were killed by an anarchist in 1908.
Just doing my Angolan stamp collections and the issues with Manuel II were so late getting there, they were overprinted “Republica” when they arrived in Luanda!
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Great coins guga.lamy - the Manuelline coins and early Republicas are gorgeous. His reign was very short lasting just 2 years after his Dad and older brother were killed by an anarchist in 1908.
Just doing my Angolan stamp collections and the issues with Manuel II were so late getting there, they were overprinted “Republica” when they arrived in Luanda!
Thanks Moneytane😉 Great to know that you also collect stamps.
b)Or the old-new president elected in 2024? It should be thrown into the air, if it lands face up it's the president and if it lands upside down it's a prisoner.
Ahoj Ivan
That portrait reminds me of the unflattering ones of George III by Benedetto Pistrucci in 1816/17
This king complained and the designer changed to the more “flattering” portrait next to it.
Trumpie won't have the same such luck, a yukky portrait on a fantasy coin - these were at least real!
I love the Trump half though, fantasy or not - its hilarious, yet Trump would be dumb enough to think its flattering.
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Besides coins I love geometry. The avatar consists of each of the 35 hexominoes used precisely once. With the 5 large yellow shapes placed like this, the solution for tiling the remaining 30 hexominoes is unique.
That portrait reminds me of the unflattering ones of George III by Benedetto Pistrucci in 1816/17
This king complained and the designer changed to the more “flattering” portrait next to it.
Trumpie won't have the same such luck, a yukky portrait on a fantasy coin - these were at least real!
I love the Trump half though, fantasy or not - its hilarious, yet Trump would be dumb enough to think its flattering.
But Pistrucci also gave us the reverse of this coin: Saint George slaying the dragon. One of the great continuations of medieval iconography onto modern coins.
Not every coin I buy has to be 700 years old, rare or expensive. This grab bag of American Kennedy halves gave me a lot of fun. All were nickel clad copper coins - no silver 40% or 90%.
Described as 57 half dollars for only $55 (96 cents a coin, just 8 cents above FV). I couldn't say no. As you all know Halves are legal tender in the USA, but hardly used at all (Possibly too large in size - given all their dollar coin attempts are barely bigger than quarters - these 30.5mm sized coins are just too big for them?). They only mint a few million of them each year and many are for sets.
Anyway this lot of 57 advertised 12 different dates, however only 6 were not from the 1970s. Most common of course are 1971, 1972 and 1976 Bicentennials with a reasonable number of 1977 as well. A few 73s and 74s (None minted in 75). The 6 rare ones were 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1996. I love big coins and consider them a lot of fun, as young child - these would have blown my mind.
PS: None have Donald Trump on them!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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A group of world coins, some of them highlighted below:
Very happy because due to this delivery my country statistic is for the first time over 100 countries and also overcome the 1000 coins mark.
Have a nice day!
Amazing coins there especially the 20 Colones!
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Not every coin I buy has to be 700 years old, rare or expensive. This grab bag of American Kennedy halves gave me a lot of fun. All were nickel clad copper coins - no silver 40% or 90%.
Described as 57 half dollars for only $55 (96 cents a coin, just 8 cents above FV). I couldn't say no. As you all know Halves are legal tender in the USA, but hardly used at all (Possibly too large in size - given all their dollar coin attempts are barely bigger than quarters - these 30.5mm sized coins are just too big for them?). They only mint a few million of them each year and many are for sets.
Anyway this lot of 57 advertised 12 different dates, however only 6 were not from the 1970s. Most common of course are 1971, 1972 and 1976 Bicentennials with a reasonable number of 1977 as well. A few 73s and 74s (None minted in 75). The 6 rare ones were 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1996. I love big coins and consider them a lot of fun, as young child - these would have blown my mind.
PS: None have Donald Trump on them!
Same here but for me it’s Mexican coins issued in the 70s and early 80s where huge considering the inflation eroded their value pretty quick.
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I know what you mean, the 28mm, 8 gram 1 peso coins were issued as late as 1983 and the 50 Pesos coin of 1980 to 1985 is huge! I was amazed they still had a 20 centavo coin in 1984 with the big lipped Olmec head on it. I have one Mexican coin of the era, a 1988 Juana de Asbargey or something and its about 30mm but made out of muck metal. I call such coins “Inflacciones” - High inflation coins from Latino countries with inflation problems like 500 Australes, 1000 Neuvos pesos etc.
On the other side of that is this load of ancient British and English beauties. These tiny coins were not cheap or common.
Ancient James I sixpence dated 1606! Coin is fairly worn, but in good shape given its age and its not holed. Probably cleaned over 50 years ago.
Groat (4 penny) of Charles II, dated 1683 - not a bad coin at all. Could be 1683/84 overdate.
Very scarce Maundy or circulation penny of George I. It is the year (1727) he died and this coin is tiny at 12mm and weighing 0.51 of a gram. Its also pretty scarce. Such tiny coins were easily lost.
1762 Threepence of George III, possibly also a Maundy coin that slipped into circulation.
This coin is EF, but possibly cleaned if not Maundy or Prooflike. Its a very young portrait of
the king, who was just 2 years into his 60 year reign and just 23/24.
And a 1799 Soho farthing of the same king, now 61 years old and 39 years into his reign. This was the first
British coin to have the denomination written in words! Condition is EF or very close to it. It is the common
3 berries in the wreath however.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
I know what you mean, the 28mm, 8 gram 1 peso coins were issued as late as 1983 and the 50 Pesos coin of 1980 to 1985 is huge! I was amazed they still had a 20 centavo coin in 1984 with the big lipped Olmec head on it. I have one Mexican coin of the era, a 1988 Juana de Asbargey or something and its about 30mm but made out of muck metal. I call such coins “Inflacciones” - High inflation coins from Latino countries with inflation problems like 500 Australes, 1000 Neuvos pesos etc.
On the other side of that is this load of ancient British and English beauties. These tiny coins were not cheap or common.
Ancient James I sixpence dated 1606! Coin is fairly worn, but in good shape given its age and its not holed. Probably cleaned over 50 years ago.
Groat (4 penny) of Charles II, dated 1683 - not a bad coin at all. Could be 1683/84 overdate.
Very scarce Maundy or circulation penny of George I. It is the year (1727) he died and this coin is tiny at 12mm and weighing 0.51 of a gram. Its also pretty scarce. Such tiny coins were easily lost.
1762 Threepence of George III, possibly also a Maundy coin that slipped into circulation.
This coin is EF, but possibly cleaned if not Maundy or Prooflike. Its a very young portrait of
the king, who was just 2 years into his 60 year reign and just 23/24.
And a 1799 Soho farthing of the same king, now 61 years old and 39 years into his reign. This was the first
British coin to have the denomination written in words! Condition is EF or very close to it. It is the common
3 berries in the wreath however.
Its quite surprising because even by that time the Central bank ceased issuing notes below 1000 Pesos and the 20 centavos coin lost its use a decade ago.
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2023 Definitive annual set featuring the new coinage, I assume these would have very high sales because it’s there to order until the end of the year.
I’ve managed to purchase the proof set although it hasn’t arrived yet.
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2023 Definitive annual set featuring the new coinage, I assume these would have very high sales because it’s there to order until the end of the year.
I’ve managed to purchase the proof set although it hasn’t arrived yet.
it will be interesting to see the set in hand. Ive stopped collecting uk and world coins post 2020, but will make an exception for a standard circulating set
Attended the fall TOREX today and while it was kinda Dead, were a couple tables where I found a lot of pieces of interest. So overall it was very worthwhile. I picked up an eclectic mix of mostly older pieces once more. Here are the first few.
a couple of Nova Scotian tokens from the early 1800s with William IV. There were some similar young Victoria head pieces I wanted to pick up, but will look for them another time.
followed by a couple of Bombay Presidency rupees in very nice grade. The seller is quite prominent in Indian numismatics and I struck up interesting conversations with him over the last couple shows. I Will certainly look for him at the next show too!
and finally a commemorative NCLT colour quarter which I picked up for shits and giggles
2023 Definitive annual set featuring the new coinage, I assume these would have very high sales because it’s there to order until the end of the year.
I’ve managed to purchase the proof set although it hasn’t arrived yet.
Mr Worldwide, I really like these, especially love the N#381571 😍
my nick name is SueBee, so I have a lot of Bee stuff naturally collected over the years😊
I put this one in my list to be had/traded for someday.
Thank you I'll probably hoard all the new coins because I predict many people would want them in their collections.
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Followed by a couple of Bombay Presidency rupees in very nice grade. The seller is quite prominent in Indian numismatics and I struck up interesting conversations with him over the last couple shows. I Will certainly look for him at the next show too!
and finally a commemorative NCLT colour quarter which I picked up for shits and giggles
I like these ones.
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i sat at one table and was quite surprised at the old coins in the $1, 2$, $5, $10 and $20 trays.
here are the ones I picked from the $5 tray. Of course, the seller was very nice and I got a substantial discount, so I didn’t end up paying that much for each . As the show was in the basement event room of the hotel, there was no cell phone signal or wifi. As I couldnt check my collection on Numista, I ended up picking the portugal and spanish coins which I already had. However these are much better strikes, so I’ll take them as welcome upgrades
The French coin is so fascinating as it comes on the heels of the French revolution where they decided to take things a bit too literally with a new start. So this coin was issued in year 8 Which corresponds to 1791 if I’m not mistaken
i sat at one table and was quite surprised at the old coins in the $1, 2$, $5, $10 and $20 trays.
here are the ones I picked from the $5 tray. Of course, the seller was very nice and I got a substantial discount, so I didn’t end up paying that much for each . As the show was in the basement event room of the hotel, there was no cell phone signal or wifi. As I couldnt check my collection on Numista, I ended up picking the portugal and spanish coins which I already had. However these are much better strikes, so I’ll take them as welcome upgrades
The French coin is so fascinating as it comes on the heels of the French revolution where they decided to take things a bit too literally with a new start. So this coin was issued in year 8 Which corresponds to 1791 if I’m not mistaken
Great coins, I love those multiple rate trays. One dealer in May had them and I went crazy with the $1, $3, $6, $12 and $24 coins ending up with huge discounts on each. the joy of these trays is the dealers love to salt them with better things. I think a 1924 Canadian cent in the $12 and a EF 1898 Indian Head cent in the $6 added to my joy!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
